Aim for art roughly two-thirds the width of the table or banquette. For a 3-4 ft table that's a single 16x20, or a balanced pair of 11x14s. Hang the bottom of the frame 6-10 inches above the table; in a busy kitchen, that distance keeps the art clear of toast crumbs and condensation rings.

Yes, with two caveats: avoid placement directly above the stove (grease) or in line with a kettle's steam. For humidity-prone spots, choose canvas or sealed-backing framed prints. Most kitchen walls — breakfast nook, pantry, open shelving wall — are fine for paper prints behind glass.

Vintage recipe typography, single-subject herb or citrus studies, european café scene prints, framed pasta-shape illustrations, and minimal black-and-white wine-and-cheese line work all read on-topic without being literal food photographs. Avoid hyper-saturated food photography — it reads stock-image, and dates fast.

Not strictly, but the palettes should converse. If your dining room art is warm and traditional (oil-painting still life, ochre and sage), kitchen art can be lighter and graphic in the same family (herb illustrations, recipe typography in cream and black). Palette overlap reads as one home.