Perhaps it's because it gives off strong cooking smells.

The longer you spend in the kitchen, the quicker those strong cooking smells seem to fade; and the same goes for other household odours.

Stalls selling local crafts and food line the road and beach, with tantalising cooking smells coming from the charcoal grills.

You can smell it all, the cooking smells seeping through the thin, damp walls, the endless mud, the revolting lavatories.

Here's a great stew to fill the house with glorious cooking smells.