It's going to be glorious. My husband and I labor in a not-large kitchen of somewhat modest and dated design. In fact, it's pretty darned small. But, as is so increasingly the case in my dotage, I digress. Kitchens are hot - and expensive.
Big kitchens are the rage, along with big appliances.
Just thinking of how expensive it would be to bake a couple of Idaho potatoes, which are a lot more likely to be on the menu than a dozen pies, in such a monstrosity gives me the willies, although it would no doubt gladden the hearts of the bean counters at Keyspan, or whatever our gas company's calling itself these days. But neither practicality nor cost seems to be an issue these days. If the economy is in fact in a tailspin, that fact hasn't yet percolated through to the designers and purveyors of culinary castles. It's all very interesting, and not a little odd, since all indications are that fewer and fewer people actually cook in their kitchens anymore. That's particularly true when these two earners are also spending their non-working time ferrying children to soccer, to ballet, to basketball practice.