Appliance love: How to care for hardworking heroes of the kitchen and utility room

Kya deLongchamps shows her affection for those hardworking heroes of the kitchen and utility room.

THE floor’s awash in the utility room, I think I’ve nudged out a vertebrae and I have one wing-nut I can’t quite explain, but I’ve just “fixed” my Bosch Exxel 8 — and I’m feeling horribly smug. Let me condescend for just a moment.