Top Ten Kitchen Items for Christmas
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With all the time families tend to spend there, the kitchen is a likely place for high-end gadgets and appliances that are taking on a more mainstream role.
"During tough times, people revert to being with their families and doing things together," says Wanda Denny, owner of Kitchen & Spice in Millhopper Square. "Cooking together promotes a stronger sense of family, which comforts people."
Here is a list of 10 top-of-the-line kitchen gadgets for the holidays
that your family is sure to love.
DRINK GIFTS
Espresso Machine: Coffee has been a popular gift for decades, and its natural extension is espresso machines and their kin.
"Espresso coffee (makers) are our biggest seller," says Denny. "Their footprint in the kitchen is very small, and they're very easy to use.
If you have a party, you can have all kinds of flavors and everyone can have their own flavor."
She says that a high-end espresso maker will cost upwards of $2,000, but cost-conscious customers can get French presses and Nespresso machines for just a couple hundred dollars.
Source: Gainesville Sun
Kerry Centre Hotel reopens as Kerry Hotel, Beijing post upgrade
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The hotel has also been renamed as Kerry Hotel, Beijing following the facelift. The facility features an area fitted with Lasvit-designed hanging chandeliers in crystal, abstract art carpets as well as traditional ink work. The lobby area of the building sports an open plan concept. Japanese artist Shinichi Maruyama's Chinese brushstroke artistic creation is showcased on a high-speed digital loop screen positioned at the end wall of the lift lobby of the revamped hotel. A hand-painted landscape in embroidered silk panels adorns the space behind the building's reception.
The look is complemented by glass art by German artist Josepha Gasch-Muche featuring a spiral form made through stacking multiple layers of paper-thin optical glass on one another. The light refraction on glass becomes more intense following every movement and animates the artwork. The lobby of the building also incorporates a chandelier from Ricardo Lighting measuring eight metres in height, a lit-up staircase, and a water feature with a length of 18 metres.
Source: World Interior Design Network