Cohousing-L Mailing List: Kitchen Equipment for Common House

[RAYGASSER (RAYGASSER]

At Ecovillage in Ithaca, we're now looking at kitchen equipment for the Common 
House.
We'd  like to hear your input  regarding the following:
What specific appliances do you have (commercial vs residential, name brand, 
size, etc)?
What kind of stovetops do you have, how many burners, what kind of ovens,
what size, how many - same questions regarding refrigerators, freezers,
dishwashing systems (under the counter vs on counter)?
What kind of places  did you  go to to shop for these?
We'd love to see floor plans for your kitchens, if that's OK.

Additionally, we'd like to hear about  your systems for the flow of food
and dishes in and out of the kitchen.  Do  you serve buffet style, family
style, or a combination of both?  Do  people bring their dishes to the
dishwashing area, or are the dishes loaded on carts?

What have you done in the kitchen area that does not work, that we should
avoid?  What does work  well?

Our  architects would like this information fairly quickly, so any 
help  soon would be much appreciated.  You can answer over the net, or
fax to Greg Thomas at (607)277-6224.  If you'd like to talk about it,
or if the best people to talk to are not on the net,  send us their
names and phone numbers and we'd be  glad to call them.  I can be reached
at (201)763-8869, fax (201)763-0829.

Thanks much.....

Maria Gasser      RAYGASSER [at] DELPHI.COM
currently Maplewood, NJ - soon Ithaca, NY