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What makes an american kitchen is not what you put in it, but the way the kitchen is built into the house. The kitchen is separated from the living/dining room by a half-wall and an arch (no door). The half-wall is most of the time used as support for an eating surface.
That feature was the selling point of many a house back in the seventies and early eighties here in France.
Ok, I see. So just to clairfy, an "American" kitchen is one that has the main dining area as part of the kitchen, not a completely separate area? Is that right? When I was growing up, the house I lived had been built in the 50's and our kitchen was one large room that included space for a large table, which was where we ate. Interesting. Are all/most of European kitchens completly set aside from the dining area, like a separate room then?
The main dining area can be part of the kitchen or not, depending on the size of the kitchen or of the house. Qualification for "American kitchen" comes from the half-wall/arch combo, not whether you also use it as a dinig area or not.
The traditional kitchen for most European houses is to have the kitchen as a completely separated room (ie 4 solid walls, and a real door connectng it to the rest of the house).
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