But right now it is being outshone by many other fine kitchens that have opened, albeit in surroundings considerably less posh.

Now it was a fine kitchen, but only a kitchen.

That kitchen on Charles Street had become a very fine kitchen.

"What a fine old kitchen this is!"

"The fancy bedrooms, a finer kitchen, a very large family room - houses with these things are generally not available under $1.4 million."

Some blacks say that another problem is the lack of black chefs in New York City's finest kitchens.

P Map Clean lines, stacks of crusty bread, a daily menu and lots of light: Kitchen is one of the finest kitchens in town.

Abuela had a fine kitchen, but nothing seemed to give her quite as much pleasure as taking over someone else's.

We rode to Grange, where we had reservations at the Borrowdale Gates Hotel, a lovely country hotel with an especially fine kitchen.

After 17 years in some of New York's finest kitchens, Andrew Carmellini, 35, is a chef of the moment.