While the request yielded a pantry-full of nifty additions, one popular suggestion fell flat.
But when I saw New York chef Sara Jenkins's new cooking app, I wondered if, perhaps, such a pantry could be.
When I was little, I used to think that my grandfather was so strange because he always had a pantry full of non-perishables.
For example, a home shelter, he says, should be able to serve as a storm shelter against hurricanes, a pantry, a secure room for storing weapons, and as a fallout bunker in the event of nuclear attack.
The Ritz in London has a Berkeley suite, which has a marble floored lobby, sitting room, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a study and a pantry and is described on its website as "one of the ultimate manifestations of the Ritz experience".
By comparison, the Berkeley Suite in the Piccadilly Ritz has 1, 200 sq ft (111.5 sq m) of floor space with a marbled lobby, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a dining area, study and a pantry, and costs many thousands of pounds per night.
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Now, if you suspect that I have a messy desk, a packed pantry and a cluttered basement as well, you would be right.
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By going to serve.gov, this program will connect Americans to opportunities like delivering meals to homebound seniors, offering professional skills at a food pantry, or planting a community garden and sharing produce with neighbors.
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For the home cook with a basic pantry, grapefruit juice and zest impart a similar aromatic note.
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"I like chandeliers in unexpected places, like a kitchen pantry, or using them in multiples, " she added.
And if you have to depend on food from a community pantry, the likelihood of bringing home fresh fruits and veggies for your family is slim to none.
But for folks who do a lot of charitable work, like driving to distant board meetings or delivering food to a food pantry, those miles can add up.
By 2020, synagogue leaders plan to have overhauled the entire block of Wilshire Boulevard that the temple occupies, replacing a parking lot with schools, a public exhibition space and a social services center that will include a food pantry and medical, dental and other services that will be open to everyone in the multiethnic neighborhood.
The new island, 10-feet long by 3-feet wide, is the prominent element in a kitchen that also features a walk-in butler's pantry and a breakfast room.
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Remember those gross, tiny moths that got into something in the pantry a few months ago, and it was really distressing was it the rice?
For sure, she has all the necessary ingredients: Mondelez is a collection of pantry staples, from Nabisco crackers to Oreo cookies to Cadbury chocolates.
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At the tree lighting, Judy and Frank collected donations for The Help Center, a local food pantry and clothing supplier for those in need.
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The main home has a two-story foyer, a wood-paneled library and a butler's pantry that leads to an open kitchen, which flows into a family room.
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Julia Child (and any recipe book) sat on the sidelines while Mom emptied her pantry into a huge pot and everything emerged deliciously.
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The occasional parties packed with opera singers happen in the kitchen, which has rift-sawn oak and metal cabinets, and a butler's pantry, which has its own refrigerator and is stocked with frozen glasses for the cocktails Ms. Clayton mixes up (her latest concoction is called "Flaming Lips" because it includes habanero peppers).
But Livas, of the local food pantry, says a good diet is especially important for the poor, as a first step toward addressing their other problems, with things like work, health care and education.
"I come sometimes when I want to be happy, " said Ms. Tounkara, who was in the food pantry cooking mafe, a traditional dish of stewed meat, peanut sauce and rice.
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Living only a few doors from the neighborhood food pantry, they see frequent reminders of their blessings.
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Ngo, 34, has a Brita filter for tap water and also keeps his pantry stocked with cases of bottled water.
The pantry also has two additional doors that swing out to a formal dining room and an outdoor dining verandah.
"When all of this kicks in at once, when people decide they can't eat out of the pantry anymore and start buying again, we will see a surge in the economy, " he says.
Now you can browse the Ottolenghi online store, a one-stop source for the spices, grains, oils and other pantry items essential to making the chefs' full-flavored Middle Eastern dishes at home, as well as their own granola, jams, candies and other enticing treats.
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Once a doctor has confirmed your child has a food allergy, you should immediately clear every item he or she can't eat from your pantry, refrigerator and freezer.
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