What is a Kitchen Shower?
Also known as a kitchen bridal shower, the kitchen shower is a simple gift-giving party aimed at assisting a bride-to-be in the task of stocking a kitchen. The idea behind this type of shower is to provide the newlyweds with all sorts of practical and useful utensils, supplies, and appliances that can be employed in the task of food preparation. A kitchen shower may also provide decorative touches along with the practical, such as including textiles like napkins and kitchen curtains. While this type of bridal shower has traditionally been for women only, cultural changes in many countries around the world have opened the way for husbands-to-be to also be included as a guest of honor. This shift reflects the fact that many men spend more time in the kitchen preparing food than in decades. Thus, this form of a bridal shower party has come to be known by the more gender-neutral term of kitchen shower. As with any type of shower, organizers of a kitchen shower attempt to determine the tast
