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cooking mushrooms over high heat, it makes a weird squeeling sound when they are moved around

the immediate sizzle of ingredients hitting a hot frying pan.

Sizzling is nice, but I love that quiet, "puh, puh, puh" sound that is made with polenta or other thick grains beging to boil.

Nobody asked, but my least favorite kitchen sound is the sizzling sound things make when they boil over onto the oven floor. Then they begin to smoke. Lots of work, not a lot fun.

The "pop" of the cork when opening a nice bottle of wine and then the Sizzle as I pour a little from my glass to deglaze a skillet. My least favorite is The KABOOM from the microwave where a spaghetti squash exploded. Blowing open the door and the splat as it lands all over the kitchen.

I'm with JerzeeTomato on this one. Sizzling bacon is the finest sound, taste, and smell imaginable.

My favorite kitchen sound is the sound of my Braun coffeemaker's brew cycle finishing with this great expulsion of steam. That means the coffee's ready and there is NOTHING BETTER.

i love the sound of chopping vegetable like carrots and celery and radishes .. the sound of a sharp knife cutting through a hard vegetable and hitting the cutting board...both the action of cutting and the sounds are soothing tome.

The whirrrrr of the air popper and the jingle of popcorn kernels, followed by that first POP!

I may have to go with the beautiful silence of a kitchen when working well, besides the sporadic bursts of the expediter calling an order out.

Guests saying: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

"Dinner's ready" (hey, it says serious eats, not serious cooks)

if I had a KitchenAid, any sound it made would be my favorite kitchen sound

A cork being pulled from a chilled bottle of Chablis

I'd say the "ssshhhhh... WHOOSH" of the coffee in a glass vacuum pot being sucked from the top compartment back into the bottom.

Sizzling bacon, obviously.

My favorite visual in the kitchen happens when you salt almost-boiling water for pasta at just the right temperature. If everything is right, the salt dissolves instantly in a sort of reverse mushroom cloud effect, and the water jumps right up to boiling. Amazing. It's about 3 seconds of beauty.

That little "Ding!" when the timer on my oven reminds me: "It's ready!"

the hum of the kitchen aid

The sound a well-baked loaf of homemade bread makes when you thump it. *sigh*

Also, the sound of a pizza peel scraping against the baking stone/oven floor as it takes a hot pizza out of the oven.

nice one, nita!

my favorite sound is one i became aware of by reading a book by my beloved edna lewis. she said that she could tell when a cake was finished by listening to it, and you know what? it's true! at least it's true with oil-based, soda leavened cakes.

it's a subtle sound, but loud enough so that you can hear it over the roar of the gas flame. it's a sort of a popping sound ... like the sound of a simmer, but heavier.

probably not a good description, but hey, any chance i get to mention grande dame lewis, i'll take.

my late mother was a brilliant cook. one of my favorite memories of her is the sound of her chinese cleaver mincing garlic (shallots / ginger / scallions etc) on her beloved worn cutting board. it was a soft gentle drum roll that promised delicious things in the hours ahead.

Cooking cranberries or for that matter blueberries as well, as they pop during the cooking process...it's such a neat sound....it too is the sound of anticipation!

The sound of my husband grinding fresh beans. It's my own personal alarm clock.

I love the "crack" of a perfectly ripe banana when you (forgive the vulgarity), break it's neck.

Popping the cork off a fabulous bottle of wine...

The sound of freshly made tea being poured into a cup. I begin to relax after a tough day at that sound.

When I'm making stock, and the mire poix has been sizzling for awhile, then you get that great whooosh when the liquid hits the hot pot, and the steam rushes up. The mire poix sizzle is sort of like foreplay, and the big whoosh is the ok, we are getting down to business now!

the buzzer of a timer when some kind of delicious good is finished baking.

That muffled sizzle that occurs when cornbread batter is poured into a hot cast-iron skillet. It's the sound of grandmother's love, really.

Bacon sizzling is pretty much impossible to top, but a good steak or a nice burger frying up in a big 'ol cast iron pan is a nice close second.

As to my preference of cooking bacon, I actually prefer the oven method because its easier to get bacon nice and evenly crispy and burned.

Teapot whistle or sausage sizzling.

Freshly cracking pepper, bread crackling as it cools, my ice maker dropping another batch, opening a vacuum sealed bag of whole bean coffee...

...my wife sniffing the air and then a sigh of approval (when I am cooking her dinner)

Nobody asked, but my least favorite kitchen sound is the sizzling sound things make when they boil over onto the oven floor. Then they begin to smoke. Lots of work, not a lot fun.

The sound of the hood fans being turned on first thing in the morning, and the shuffle of the morning crew as they prepare for the day.

That pop, squeal then sizzle when one of my homemade sausages bursts slightly on the grill.

Onions sizzling in a pan. The sound as they first hit the hot oil--wow! Of course, it could be the smell that aids the sense of hearing. ANything sizzling sounds good to me--such a great onomatopoetic word!

thanks to PETA, i can now hear live crawfish screaming as they are dropped into boiling seasoned water. when the potatoes, corn and mushrooms join in, it is a wonderful sound.

The sound of the dishwasher, followed by the pop of a wine bottle opening. That means the kitchen is clean and we're ready to go outside and relax on the deck by the lake.