Italian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature

This term is found in the beginning paragraph of a short story. The full phrase is as follows:

Stamattina il raggio di sole che a quest’ora illumina la cucina latita. Il cielo è un tendone grigio. I miei lavelli di acciaio inox non brilleranno mai come quelli della pubblicità.

I cannot find an explanation for the term "latita", much less "cucina latita". I thought it may refer to "hidden" in some context because of the verb "latitare", however, I want to be sure it is not an idiom of some kind or perhaps referring to something completely different like a particular type of cuisine.