We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of “in the kitchen”. Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.
Sirsendu Gayen
Sirsendu Gayen: “Traditional kitchen in the Indian sate of Arunachal Pradesh.”
Sara Bickley
Sara Bickley: “Not just cooking that takes place in the kitchen, the kitchen sink is also a handy place to bath the dog. This is Toby the Yorkshire Terrier, who is 17.”
Linda Alkove
Linda Alkove: “A kitchen is not a kitchen when it is a bed of rocks. Or is it? Taken in Farmington, New Mexico.”
Dominik Ratynski
Dominik Ratynski: “Potwash, where I started three years ago.”
Carolyn DiFrancesco
Carolyn DiFrancesco: “Too colourful, too pretty to eat.”
Gianlorenzo Masini
Gianlorenzo Masini: “Natura morta, for big eaters.”
Roland Trope
Roland Trope: “Double Take. Guests and other visitors to Brasenose College, Oxford, may do a double take on seeing this pair of signs. It gives one pause about the preparation of the college meals.”
Evelyn Oakley
Evelyn Oakley: “In the late afternoon sun in my kitchen, with a cheese grater in my hand, I cast a mysterious shadow.”
Sue Hipperson
Sue Hipperson: “I put the egg down in the whisk to stop it rolling off the worktop and it just created this picture with the slight movement.”
Ian Knight
Ian Knight: “Three steps to preparing the perfect pancake, taken in my own kitchen and yes I am the photographer and the cook for these shots, timing is everything.”
Marianne Wever
Marianne Wever: “I live in the Netherlands. My kitchen still has an old-fashioned chimney. On the photo, my beloved gas cooker from the 1950s. It is still in use and I love to cook on it.”
Farnoush Hayati
Farnoush Hayati: “As an amateur photographer my kitchen is more than a place for culinary experience. Coloured lights + sink strainer + glass plate + water droplets = Saturday Night Fever.”
Jacqui Dimmock
Jacqui Dimmock: “Caution is the keyword for these guys while they undertake cleaning up this kitchen mishap!”
Sirsendu Gayen
Sara Bickley
Linda Alkove
Dominik Ratynski
Carolyn DiFrancesco
Gianlorenzo Masini
Roland Trope
Evelyn Oakley 
Sue Hipperson
Ian Knight
Marianne Wever
Farnoush Hayati 
Jacqui Dimmock