Kitchens We Love: Newly Minted James Beard Award Winner Nina Compton Shows Her Loft Kitchen

The chef’s personal kitchen is right upstairs from her work one in New Orleans.
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Nina Compton: My husband‚ Larry Miller‚ and I live in a loft-style apartment above our new restaurant‚ Bywater American Bistro. People think I’m crazy for living upstairs from my work‚ but for me‚ it’s actually convenient. I don’t have to drive anywhere. I can go downstairs and check on people. And if I need a break‚ I can just come upstairs and decompress for ten minutes before going back down. I like it a lot.

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