If you have a pet at home, particularly a dog or cat, you should make it a practice to keep your kitchen door shut when you are not in the kitchen. If you like in a house with so-called modern architecture, where the kitchen is little more than an open-access nook, you may need to install barriers to restrict the access. The reason is not just that your pets may want to explore the kitchen...
Cats can be adorable, individualistic, lazy. They can be cute, mischievous, playful. They can also be destructive. This last trait may not be deliberate, but it can stem from their playfulness and mischievousness, as a Chinese woman with a pet cat discovered recently. The cat, which was playing in the kitchen of the house when its human companion was away, accidentally turned on an induction stove when it stepped on the appliance’s touch panel, a...
