Kitchen of the Week

Celebrity Kitchen - Katharine Hepburn's Former Connecticut
Estate

Image Source: William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty

Mixing classic materials, like marble countertops, with country chic white cabinetry, the spacious kitchen is ideal for food preparation and casual dining at the kitchen island.

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Celebrity Kitchen - Ryan Phillippe's Los Angeles Home

Courtesy: HGTV

Ryan Phillippe's Los Angeles Home...The Kitchen

Actor Ryan Phillippe's Zen-like Los Angeles home features a galley-style kitchen with glass-front cabinets and stainless steel appliances. Multitasking chefs will appreciate the kitchen's double ovens and the bonus sink in the central island.

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Celebrity Kitchen of the Week - Andie MacDowell's North Carolina Dwelling

Andie MacDowell's North Carolina Dwelling

Appliances Care - Hood

The cooking point which has the hood as well, is the focal point of any kitchen, and accommodate the most activities. Consequently, the amount of heat and grime generated around this area, especially the hood is enormous, and cleaning can be a challenge. The hood when turned on, sucks in hot air, which has oil, especially from frying food. As the hot air rises, the grease filter (a wire mesh covering the hood fan), traps the oil from the air, while the fan takes the air out through the duct, or re-circle the air if the hood is self recycling type (fitted with carbon filter). As expected, after a while, the grease filter will have been coated in grime and as such will need cleaning.

As in earlier post, cleaning any appliance is easy once one knows how to go about it and what to use in cleaning the appliance. Cleaning the hood is not different; the followings are required: a bowl that can take the grease filters fully lying flat, boiling water, dish-soap or de-greaser, bristle brush, microfiber clothes, mineral oil or stainless steel polish. 

Step One:     Fill the bowl with boiling water, add the dish-soap or de-greaser to it and stir with a stick.

Step Two:    Remove the greaser filters from the hood and place them flat in the bowl, make sure they are fully immersed in water, and leave for about thirty (30) minutes.

Step Three:  After the time lapse, the oil will have been completely dissolved; should you have any left, use the bristle brush to gently remove the residue.

Step Four:    Dip one of the microfiber clothes in a mixture of mineral oil and dish-soap, and use this to clean the exterior of the hood. Use a dry microfiber cloth to wipe clean the exterior, (or after that spray the stainless steel polish if you have the stainless steel exterior, and wipe clean with a dry microfiber cloth), and you have your hood sparkling clean again.

I am very sure you will find these tips very useful, and will be looking forward to hearing from you.