"pennyaline" <nsmitchell@spamspamspamspamspamspamspameggandspam .com> wrote
in message ...
> Vox Humana wrote:
> > Two Stoves. I bet that the cooktop she uses was added for the show.
She
> > couldn't stand at her range and cook for the show because you would be
> > looking at her back. If you look at other TV cooking shows, they are
set
> up
> > the same way, even the shows that are filmed on a set. Martha Stewart,
30
> > Minute Meals, Paula Dean's Home Cooking, Everyday Italian all have a
range
> > against the wall and an island with a cooktop. The host does all the
> > cooking at the island.
>
> The example of two stoves was to illustrate the concept that we must have
> two of one necessary thing for showbiz's sake, yet have no pedestrian
items
> that might speak of the existence of an individual personality. That kind
of
> crap drives the ideas that result in the recent thread about uberpriced
> unused kitchens.
>
> By the by, have you noticed in some of Giada's shows she is in a jazzy
> steely kitchen? Blecccchhh!
>
>
> > You would be disappointed to know that I don't have any pictures,
trivets,
> > spoon rests, clocks, canisters, or Velveeta in my house.
>
> I am disappointed. I'd hoped that perhaps you had a hankering for a little
> kitch.
>
>
> > I do keep a mixer,
> > a food processor, coffee pot, and a couple of rolling pins on the
counter.
> > I do have a kitchen table, but I have considered getting rid of it and
> > filling the space with much needed cabinets. I can eat in the dining
area
> > that is only steps away. The truth is that I generally just eat in the
> > family room anyway. Take a look if you dare. It's not on the level of
> the
> > Barefoot Contessa's kitchen but might not pass your test of
authenticity:
> > http://groups.msn.com/laurelridgegar...ns.msnw?Page=1
>
> Your place? Did you put those pictures up there? That says plenty all by
> itself. However, my examples were, again, to illustrate a bigger point. At
> least you can say that someone actually lives and breathes in your place.

Yes. That's my place.