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chubbyalaskagriz

chubbyalaskagriz

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Okay... time for a weird question for us all to ponder...

When I was a kid we always watched "The Waltons" and I remember really liking their kitchen with it's rustic long wooden table, it's homey vintage 30's appliances, and the fact that someone- either mama, or gramma- always seemed to be at work peeling apples to bake pies, or some such. I also like the ultra-sleek, modern kitchen in "Fraisier". What kitchens from TV Shows do you like?
 
Star Trek the next generation! As much as I love to cook sometimes it would be nice to say I want Peking duck and it just appears!
 
Well let's see....I do not really notice the kitchens very much on shows like Frazier, now I will give it a little more attention.

But I love old retro style kitchens from the 60's era, and as you mentioned The Waltons. I love all the kitchens on HGTV:)
 
I always liked Wimpy's car on Popeye. He would push a button and a hamburger would pop out.

I build kitchens for a living. To be honest, most of these ultra fancy modern kitchens go into homes and the people getting them don't even cook.
It's a shame. To see the beautiful commercial type equipment that goes in and to know that it is just for show. I wish I could afford what I install.
The last kitchen I installed, I had just finished installing a nice Viking range and blower unit over it. The homeowners sister came for a visit. The sister turned and said to the other, " Does this mean your finally going to learn how to cook". The visiting sister was so angry, lol.
 
I always liked the kitchen in the last episodes of Everyday Italian on the FN. I loved the white cabinets that go all the way to the ceiling and there was tons of work surfaces. Ina Garten's kitchen is lovely also. I hate the kitchen she has in Giada at Home. The design and colors are ugly to me. It has that redish brown color on everything that I hate and a very modern design. The set Rachael Ray cooks on is such an eye sore. I know orange is her favorite color but who ever picked out that set was crazy lol.
 
I believe it Ironic Chef! I like the show take home chef but when you get into some of those gorgeous houses with the amazing kitchens and even out door kitchens around a beautiful pool it just makes me sick. None of those people can ever cook! You get the woman wearing an inch of make up dressed like one of the wives of orange county in sort tight everything and they hold a spatula like it might bite them. I hope it does!
 
I too like Guida's (in Everyday Italian), Ina Gartens' and that Nigella Lawson's (although she can use a bigger counter).
 
janie, I also like Ina's kitchen. I haven't seen her show recently, but I heard she no longer uses her actual home kitchen. She had a new kitchen-set built in a huge BARN on her and Jeffery's pproperty. I can't wait to see it! Also- Rachel? I do not like her current kitchen (hate the dark brick and dark/dismal/dreary dated cottage look) BUT I did like her retro kitchen on "30 Minute Meals" a lot.

Speaking of real home kitchens, it appears that Paula Deene, Rick Bayless and Lidia also use their real home kitchens- as did Julia.
 
chubbyalaskagriz said:
janie, I also like Ina's kitchen. I haven't seen her show recently, but I heard she no longer uses her actual home kitchen. She had a new kitchen-set built in a huge BARN on her and Jeffery's pproperty. I can't wait to see it! Also- Rachel? I do not like her current kitchen (hate the dark brick and dark/dismal/dreary dated cottage look) BUT I did like her retro kitchen on "30 Minute Meals" a lot.

Speaking of real home kitchens, it appears that Paula Deene, Rick Bayless and Lidia also use their real home kitchens- as did Julia.
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I have seen every episode of Ina's new show Back to Basics and it looks like it is in her same kitchen. It may be in the barn and just look similar. I love the new show. Im going to have to order her new cookbook. I would love to see John Besh get his own show on FN.
 
RE: "Im going to have to order her new cookbook."

I haven't seen her show in ages so I don't know what the timeline is for her new "barn" kitchen, janie. I only heard about it recently.

I love Ina's books. Have all of them except her "Barefoot in Paris" and her new basics one. Both are still pretty pricey. I'm cheap- so I'm waiting for a used one to pop-up at Amazon for a ridiculously-low price!
 
I keep checking when I go to Sams to see if it pops in over there. I get a pretty good price on them there. I have seen several episodes with the new barn in it. That is where they had the holiday parties this past season. One episode she had a barn warming party. I was reading up on her one day and he hubby has had a very impressive career.
 
Jeffrey Edwin Garten (born October 29, 1946) was the Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade under the Clinton administration and former Dean of the Yale School of Management. Before this, Garten served on the White House Council on International Economic Policy under the Nixon administration and on the policy planning staffs of Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and Cyrus Vance of the Ford and Carter administrations. He is the author of five books and currently holds the position of Juan Trippe Professor in the Practice of International Trade, Finance, and Business at the Yale School of Management, a position without tenure.

Garten has worked on Wall Street as a managing director of Lehman Brothers [1] and the Blackstone Group. At Lehman, he specialized in debt restructuring in Latin America. He also directed and expanded the Asian investment banking business for that firm. At Blackstone he worked in the financial advisory and mergers and acquisitions arena. From 1995 to 2005, Garten was dean of the Yale School of Management. During his tenure, the school retained its #19 rank in Businessweek's rankings.

He sits on the board of directors for several corporations, including Aetna Corporation, Alcan Inc., CarMax, Inc., Credit Suisse Asset Management, The Conference Board, and The International Rescue Committee, and is chairman of Garten Rothkopf, an international advisory firm. He is also on the international advisory board of Toyota Motor Corporation, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, and the Chicago Climate Exchange.

From 1997 to 2005, Garten contributed a monthly column for BusinessWeek. Currently, he is a frequent columnist for Newsweek International. He has also written widely in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and Foreign Affairs.

He earned his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1968 and an M.A. in 1972 from Johns Hopkins University. In 1980, he also received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Garten also served in the United States Army from 1968 to 1972, and achieved a rank of Lieutenant, 82nd Airborne Division, and Captain in the U.S. Special Forces. During his tenure, he carried the title of Advisor to the Royal Thai Army.
 
I really like the episodes of Back to Basics that her hubby is in. He seems to have a good sense of humor and makes her laugh.
 
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