Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> On 1/25/2011 2:38 PM, Pete C. wrote:
> >
> > George Shirley wrote:
> >>
> >> Since all guests end up in my kitchen I would like to have a house with
> >> about 1200 feet of open kitchen, dining area, and living room. At the
> >> far end of that would be three or four bedrooms and a couple of
> >> bathrooms. The kitchen must have a ten X ten pantry and a ten X ten
> >> office and a half bath would be nice too.
> >
> > What you are referring to is the all too common "show kitchen" house,
> > usually resided in by people too lazy (they call it busy) to actually
> > cook anything. The only time anything in most of those kitchens is used
> > is when they hire a caterer for a party and let them use the ovens to
> > warm food that was cooked off site.
>
> I must be quite the "showman" because I have that kind of kitchen and
> it's never been touched by a caterer. I cook!

Then you would be the exception to the "usually" I mentioned. You can be
proud to be in the minority of those with "show kitchens" who actually
use them.