But Westinghouse's "Beyond 'Connected Home' Initiative," which includes Icebox, a Internet-capable kitchen flip screen, is a virtual blueprint of where the house is headed.
Is the kitchen capable of glitches?
Despite missteps elsewhere on the menu, Mr. Massoud is running a kitchen capable of discipline and finesse.
Jessica Seinfeld made a toast: "There is no one who is more comfortable or more capable in the kitchen, naturally, than you," she said to Paltrow.
Kristen is bright, pretty and, to judge from her command of her own small kitchen, capable of holding down a dozen tables with precision and grace.
Besides being a working kitchen capable of turning out canapés for crowds or scrambled eggs for two, it is a crossroads for the support cast in the lives of Ms. Gund and Mr. Shapiro, her husband.
So, when I learned about the boy's muesli habits, I thought here is a young man who clearly keeps a weather eye on his health, is capable in the kitchen, who won't be spoon-fed over-sugared cereals produced by multinationals.
Even as they continue to celebrate 15-foot ceilings and industrial-strength kitchens capable of turning out meals for 60, the design media have fully endorsed modesty and the clarifying appeal of a reduced floor plan.
But Ludovic Lefebvre is probably the buzziest chef in a city filled with buzzy chefs, the telegenic inventor of the pop-up restaurant and a veteran of the kitchens of Alain Passard and Marc Meneau; a chef capable of running grand kitchens who prefers to cook for 24 people at a time.
There was no question the kitchen was capable of dishes that soared.
And despite our numerous letdowns, the kitchen is capable of solid work.
