Why not get a TV Tuner card for the computer thats powering the LCD monitor? You can get ones that also have an FM tuner built-in, so you can listen to the weather while making your breakfast! The TV tuner cards are quite good - you can have the TV window any size you want, so you could be looking up recipes on the web while monitoring the news in the background. You could also use the computer for shopping lists (syncing with your Palm),Kitchen Inventory, home automation control, answering machine, etc etc. Since the kitchen is one of the central focal points of a house, I reckon it makes a lot of sense to have a computer in there. Ive got plans to do exactly this in my kitchen.

Cheers, Cam