Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of the "The Splendid Table," and her husband, Frank, are ready to downsize, so they're ready to sell.
The eight-bedroom brick house was built in 1911 and is on a double lot in Crocus Hill neighborhood in St. Paul. And yes, it has a big kitchen, including "Babe," a six-burner, 17,500-btu Wolf range she bought with her first royalty check.
Here's how Kasper described the house during a 2008 visit with my colleague, Connie Nelson: "It's a bastardized neo-classical with a 1950s rambler - complete with a picture window - stuck on the front. It's wacky. And big. There are parts of this house I haven't seen in three years."
Here's what attracted her to this house? "We bought it in part for the dining room. When it's gussied up and there are candles everywhere, it's all about romance. And it was the cheapest house in the neighborhood."
Her favorite room: "My kitchen is home to me. It's a working kitchen and most working kitchens aren't very glamorous. When you're in a kitchen every day, you start to understand what's necessary and how some things that look good aren't going to work."
Linda K. Warner of Coldwell Banker Burnet has the listing. Here's a link to a slide show tour of the house.
