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My son's Italian in-laws have a second kitchen in their basement. The cooking mess stayed down there and out of site while she hosted the dinner on the main floor.
I had never seen that arrangement before and thought it brilliant. So much food that night and it seemed to just keep coming! Seriously there was lasagna ..... for the appetizer!
Soooooooo good!
I've seen houses like that before, too--it is an Italian thing