We did a lot of home cooking, I even baked cornbread and was glad to find cooking oil, plenty of salt and pepper and a few basic spices that made things easy. The kitchen is very well stocked with plenty of dishes, pots and pans and utensils. And everything worked well, although the coffee maker required extra touches to make it work, or perhaps a firmer pressure on the buttons in the right place! We were very comfortable. It was cold and the heater worked well, I assume if it had been cold the AC would have worked equally well. There were also extra blankets around which we appreciated since it was January in a cold spell.