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Article: Kitchen no longer on the back burner
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 17, 1988
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The traditional family is becoming a rarity, and so is the
traditional kitchen.
That means a whole new world of requirements when designing or
remodeling a kitchen, said Jim Krengel, design director for the
Maytag Co.
"The traditional family isn't with us any more. Changing
lifestyles are changing requirements so rapidly.
"When we talk about kitchens today we have to find out first, is
it a one-cook or a two-cook family," he said.
"Now when people get together at the end of the day they get
together in the kitchen and often cook together. A recent study
shows about 20 percent of the men are cooking one meal a day," he
said.
"Kitchen designers talk about the old rules and the new ...