Kitchen

Hundreds of people lined up on sun-drenched asphalt Saturday to see if they could get regular payouts, in the form of paychecks, from the new Maryland Live! Casino, a slots casino scheduled to open at Arundel Mills mall in about three months. "I hope I get lucky enough to get a position," said Mark Ellison, who's from West Baltimore. "They want people who are willing to go the extra mile so customers come in and enjoy spending their money. " The operators of what will be the state's largest casino hosted a job fair Saturday with the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp.

It looks like the "Kitchen Nightmare" might not be over for Baltimore's Cafe Hon . A producer for the show has been calling around town, looking to book people for what appears to be an episode that will check in on how the Hampden restaurant has fared since Chef Gordon Ramsay swooped in last year to help turn the place around. "Kitchen Nightmares" visited the struggling Cafe Hon last fall. The plot surrounded the restaurant's sharp drop in reputation after news broke that owner Denise Whiting had trademarked the word "hon," a beloved Baltimore term of endearment.

"You must be rich. " A grandfather who asked where I lived told me this, straight out. We were at the B&O Railroad Museum playground in Baltimore with our preschoolers, mine a grandnephew. I had unwisely confessed to living in Manhattan. After leaving Baltimore in my early 20s, I gradually, by incremental steps, rose from a one-room furnished basement apartment in ungentrified Brooklyn to one room in a "luxury," "pet friendly" high rise 10 minutes from Lincoln Center. It's across from a public housing project.

  Need a new paella pan or a souffle dish? Best Buy Co.and Cooking.com have teamed up to launch an online store for cooks. The Best Buy Kitchen Shop, a microsite run by Cooking.com, offers more than 3,000 cookware and kitchen products and is accessible within the bestbuy.com online store, the companies said this week. Executives at Best Buy, which sells small and large appliances along with electronics, said the partners hope to offer customers  a “one-stop shop for all of their cooking needs - including a broader assortment of housewares, food and even recipes,” a Best Buy statement said.

There's more cooking at Westwood Unique Furnishings & Antiques than meets the eye. Wander past the antique chests and art deco lamps to the back of the shop, and customers might be surprised to see a large kitchen fully stocked with pots and pans and plenty of spatulas for serving hearty meals. And that's exactly what the kitchen is used for. For the past three years, Westwood's owner, Ingrid Melber, has turned over her shop's large back kitchen to her friend and personal chef, Alba Johnson, on Friday nights for Mediterranean cooking classes.

When Salt opened four years ago, I don't think anyone was surprised that a chef with Jason Ambrose's resume would be turning out excellent food. The unexpected thing about Salt was how thoroughly uncompromising its vision was from the start. Here was a neighborhood tavern that refused to act like one. Right away, there were those amazing green lamps, fixtures from another planet that effectively announced a new way of looking at things. And the opening menu was impressively compact, robust, and driven by Ambrose's interests and tastes.

You hear a lot about mothers in the kitchen, but for Father's Day, we want to know what dads have been cooking. We're looking for Maryland fathers - and their families - to talk to about a father's place in the kitchen, favorite recipes and memories of time spent cooking with the family. E-mail joseph.burris@baltsun.com with your name, phone number and a brief description of what the father likes to cook. Recipes are welcome. Please put "Dad in the kitchen" in the subject line.

"Remove eggs from the refrigerator 30 minutes before use. This helps to keep mayonnaise from curdling, egg whites will whisk to a greater volume, and shells are less likely to crack during boiling." From "The Silver Spoon" Know a helpful shortcut in the kitchen? Send it to Kate Shatzkin, Food Editor, The Sun, 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore 21278 or e-mail it to food@baltsun.com.

On July 23, 2003; MARTHA ELIZABETH KITCHEN. On Sunday friends may call at the Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Service, 5151 Balto Natl' Pike (Rt. 40) from 4 to 8 P.M. On Monday, Mrs. Kitchen will lie instate at Unity Baptist Church, 7204 Montgomery Rd., where the family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-233-2400.

On Sunday, September 12, 2004 MRS. PRISCILLA BOWNESS KITCHEN, Age 91; beloved wife of the late Robert A. Kitchen, Sr.; beloved mother of George Bowness Kitchen and Robert Ardell Kitchen, Jr.; beloved step-mother of Gail Kitchen Dunworth; beloved sister of Adele Bowness Smith. Also survived by nine grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 11 A.M. at LOUDON PARK FUNERAL HOME, 3620 Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore. Interment Loudon Park Cemetery.

Townhouse Kitchen and Bar has announced its opening date. The restaurant will open on May 24 in Fells Point, next door to RA Sushi. This is the fourth Townhouse, which is operated by the Glenview, Ill.-based Restaurants America. The menu, which specializes in contemporary American fare with Latin, will offer a variety of shared plates, salads, fire grilled skewers, tacos and more. Bryan Perdue has been hired as executive chef. Townhouse will feature more than 40 local beers on tap, as well as" table tap" system located at four individual tables for diners.

Lady Maryland: a cocktail with a cause, a buzz with a benefit. How could you possibly say no to drinking for charity? That alone sold me. But for those of the more skeptical palate, the refreshing Lady Maryland at Waterfront Kitchen stands alone as an easy warmer-weather sip. Waterfront Kitchen, on the water's edge of Thames Street in Fells Point, is a big believer in sustainability - from using fresh, local ingredients to helping out...

Spike Gjerde and the Woodberry Kitchen team have released some more information about its forthcoming Artifact Coffee project, which they plan to have open in June. Allie Caran, the head barista at Woodberry Kitchen, and Gjerde's partner on the project, will be general manager general manager for the cafe, which will serve seasonal, direct trade coffee, manually brewed to order. The cafe will run with a single-page menu, divided up into morning kitchen (pastries), day kitchen (soups, salads and sandwiches)

The Waterfront Kitchen is offering Monday evening cooking classes with chef Jerry Pellegirino. The Monday Series of hands-on cooking classes at Waterfront Kitchen are taught by chef Jerry Pellegrino in the restaurant's kitchen. Tastings and wine are included in the $59 per class fee, and reservations are required. On Monday, April 30, the Pellegrino will demonstrate "The Art of the Savory Pie," in all manner of forms, from the traditional British pasty and empanadas to quiche and pot pies.

"You must be rich. " A grandfather who asked where I lived told me this, straight out. We were at the B&O Railroad Museum playground in Baltimore with our preschoolers, mine a grandnephew. I had unwisely confessed to living in Manhattan. After leaving Baltimore in my early 20s, I gradually, by incremental steps, rose from a one-room furnished basement apartment in ungentrified Brooklyn to one room in a "luxury," "pet friendly" high rise 10 minutes from Lincoln Center. It's across from a public housing project.

Standing in the driveway of Arleen Dvorine's Lutherville property, it is clear she has successfully realized her dream of converting an old carriage house into an office and home. The 240-year-old, one-story structure served as the stable for the long-ago gentleman farmer and owner of White Manor, a mansion still standing and still occupied further down the winding road. A gently sloping roof flows into the exterior's cedar shake siding. Multi-paned windows — colonial in style and with cream trim — are symmetrically placed on either side of a portico, also in a cream color.

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For Lisa and Stuart Schabes and their family, Passover is a time to celebrate the tenets of their faith. It's also a time when Lisa Schabes spends several days preparing festive, sumptuous meals in her spacious kosher kitchen. These specialty kitchens have layout and design elements that aid Orthodox Jews in upholding traditional dietary laws. "I've had it about seven or eight years, and it was a long time coming — my husband was very generous to me," said Schabes, a mother of five and educator who resides in the Cheswolde community in Northwest Baltimore.