Elements that now make a kitchen look "dated"?
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RECIPE: looking for: date dinner - make him love me!
Comments (27)I know you've already had your special date, but wanted to share this recipe for Bolognese Sauce, published in O Magazine, February 2007 - "Learn to make this sauce, and find a man worth cooking it for, in that order. Make a meal that will leave him hungry, not for sex, but for you! This sauce will smell better than anything youÂve ever smelled before. Make it only once a year, and keep him hungry! Great for special occasions and wonderful in the fall when itÂs cool. This sauce takes a lot of time  it should simmer for four to five hours  but it does not require much skill or effort. Once the vegetables are chopped, all thatÂs left to do is add ingredients and stir. This gives you plenty of time to shower, tidy up your home, and do whatever else you need to do to prepare for your dinner guest. Ingredients: 1 medium onion 1 large or 2 small carrots 2  3 stalks celery 1 ounce pancetta, very finely chopped 1 lb ground beef (not lean) 1 tsp salt ¼ tsp freshly ground pepper Pinch allspice 1 cup whole milk 1 cup dry white wine 1 (15 oz) can diced tomatoes w/ juice 1 lb pasta, such as rigatoni Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, for grating Finely chop onion, carrot, and celery. In a heavy-bottomed saucepan or Dutch oven over low heat, cook pancetta until all fat is rendered and pancetta is just beginning to brown. Add chopped vegetables; raise heat to medium, and cook, stirring frequently, until onion is translucent and soft. Add ground beef, breaking it up with a spoon, ¼ tsp (to start) salt, plus pepper and allspice. Cook until meat is brown. Add milk. When it begins to simmer, reduce heat to low and cook at a gentle simmer, stirring occasionally until milk has mostly boiled away, about 30 minutes. Add white wine and cook as with milk, until it has mostly boiled away. Add tomatoes and juice; bring to a simmer. Cover pot, reduce heat to low, and allow sauce to cook very gently at barest simmer, 2.5 to 3 hours. Season to taste with remaining salt. Just before sauce is done, bring a pot of water to boil, salt it generously and boil pasta according to package directions. Drain, mix with a third of sauce, the serve with remaining sauce on top with lots of grated Parmigiano cheese. Makes 4 cups sauce."...See MoreDon't look now, but I think a banquette may show up in my kitchen! :)
Comments (15)Bpath- Would love to have an arbor! I think that might be a year of two down the road, but outside the kitchen window is the perfect place :) Designsaavy- You never know when a space might open up...look at our situation! MamaGoose- Plans...okay, I did have a plan of the kitchen...I'll try to add in the breakfast room. Pictures will come later...after my husband's office goes into the new space and out of our breakfast area! Fishymom- I think I saw that picture! I remember you talking about what a great fit it was for the space. Very nice. Benjesbride- Thank you! And I love my new title! LOL...See MoreWhat is considered "dated" now?
Comments (60)Be aware that much of the things we see as being "in fashion" are not just a reflection of personal tastes and priorities, they are often largely created by manufacturing efficiencies, construction economies, product placement, internet shilling and, of course, omnipresent advertising. Oil rubbed Bronze would have been prohibitively expensive 40 years ago but now there are many inexpensive ways to imitate that finish so it has shown up in hardware brochures and retail displays as new and refreshing when it looks a lot like the hand pump on my grandfathers back porch. Tall hipped roofs, once expensive, are now built with inexpensive trusses but apparently they still need to be dressed up with front facing gables that show no concern for economy, function, logic or history. 60 years ago (yes, I still remember the 50's) brick on a residence was only for the wealthy but the advent of the brick veneer cavity wall system on wood studs changed that. It also allowed a little brick here, a little there and even a little brick on the second story above wood siding. It is so commonplace now that a certain % of brick is required by many subdivision covenants. There was a time when solid core formica was seen as a great breakthrough in kitchen counter design but now that they are available at Home Depot , stone and solid synthetic imitations are preferred. Increasingly I find my clients to be world travelers, if not foreign born, and they seem influenced by fashionable hotels and resorts from places I've never visited but they are strangely enamored with authentic New England homes so my toughest design problems are often with local historic commissions. Designs that are "In Fashion" would be far easier for me but far less interesting so I can't complain....See MoreDoes my garbage disposal make my kitchen look dated?
Comments (50)I've grown up having a GD in my life, so it's something I consider ubiquitous. However, I've been thinking of giving it up when we reno the kitchen. Primarily because our drain is a mess-it goes out to our back yard where years ago there was a septic tank. Later, when the house was hooked in to City sewer, instead of turning the drain pipe around so it drained out to the street, they put a U joint and had it go out back then out to the front. We learned this because every single year, usually around Thanksgiving, I'd have to have the rooter company come out and rooter our drain. Eventually they ran a camera down and found out that was the main cause of our backing up issue. So I rarely use the GD now, except, as some have noted, small bits that rinse off the dishes after being scraped. I also run citrus peels through on occasion, but never anything bigger than a peanut size. I'll never forget on my 9th birthday I had a sleepover. 14 little girls all camped out in the front room. Typical ghost stories and games had been played before we all fell asleep. Sometime during the night two girls got up to get a glass of water and one accidently turned on the DW switch thinking it was a light switch. A spoon had gotten down into the drain and the noise-the horrible grinding/clanking caused 14 pre-teen girls to shriek bloody murder. I remember my dad running into the front room in his underwear to see what was going on and my mom rushing to the kitchen to turn off the disposal. After that I wasn't allowed to have sleep overs....See MoreSapphireStitch
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