The home kitchen could become a different place this year, according to one leading expert.Writing for the News and Observer, Amy Culbertson has offered a few predictions about 2009 and how the kitchen will become more important in daily life.Ms Culbertson says All the trend-spotters agree that the main theme this year will be a return to the kitchen. Weve already seen people cutting back on dining out and we can expect the economic pinch to push more people away from buying expensive convenience foods and into doing more cooking from scratch.The expert also predicts that a greater number of keen home cooks will plant their own kitchen gardens and use more of their own produce in cooking.With all the amateur gastronomy thats likely to go home over the coming months, a homeowner would be wise to invest in a food waste disposer unit such as one of the range of devices from Franke.