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While the island has reigned supreme in kitchen design for about the last four decades, it appears that the peninsula is making strides to take its place as the must-have feature.
The word peninsula etymologically means ‘almost an island’. In terms of geomorphology, a peninsula is a landmass surrounded by water on all but one of its sides, and this is reflected in the kitchen peninsula, where it takes the form of a workspace that is surrounded by space on all but one of its sides – which is attached to a wall or other work surface. ‘A peninsula can