The New York Observer

Now that foodie culture and the attendant obsession with culinary arcana has become as central to the haute-bourgeois life as private school and master bedroom suites, the kitchen is taking over the house, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Where once there were serviceable stoves and ho-hum microwaves, wine bottle racks and a few good countertops, these days wealthy homeowners are demanding restaurant-quality entertaining spaces with refrigeration rooms, wet bars, islands that double as dinner party seating for 10, fireplaces, flat-screen TVs and multiple seating areas with plush and, one hopes, stain proof furniture. Read More