"Baking a digital cupcake on a touch screen in the Dreamhouse kitchen won't confine you to stand by an oven for the rest of your life, " he said.

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But really, aside from shiny stainless veneers and digital displays, we haven't come that far in the kitchen over the last 60 years.

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Come to think of it, most or our readers probably have a digital box - or two - in their house, but what about the TV in the kitchen?

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