The Internet Home Alliance, having already needlessly networked our laundry rooms, will soon unveil its grand vision for "the ideal digital kitchen."

Bet you didn't know you wanted a "recipe projection system."

Backed by such household names as Whirlpool, Cisco, HP, Intel, Microsoft and the National Association of Home Builders, the alliance will offer consumer survey data and the cook's tour of its futuristic kitchen at the 2007 Kitchen/Bath Industry Show on May 8 in Las Vegas.

The group's laundry initiative didn't do much for me, aside from inspiring one of my favorite headlines -- "Your washer's calling and the dryer's on IM" -- and I can't say I'm any more excited by the kitchen, at least based on a draft press release.

But it's your ideal kitchen, so you make the call. Here's how the release describes the various features (I'm saving the one I like for last):

Recipe Projection System. "Eight in 10 [of the 602 homeowners] surveyed said they cook for enjoyment, and 64% do so at least several times per week. Consumers reported wanting a wireless recipe projection system that would allow them to look up a recipe online, or even say aloud what they want to cook (for example"beef stroganoff"), and then have the recipe projected onto a surface in the kitchen from a small cabinet-mounted device."