Oops, a miscommunication has come to light.  A few weeks ago I was presented with a tradeoff—have a full-depth refrigerator (about 30 inches deep) at the cost of a few inches of floor space in the kitchen, or retain the floor space by reducing the refrigerator to counter depth (about 18 inches).  I doubt there’s much difference in energy consumption—the Energy Star refrigerators I have been looking at typically consume $600-650 of electricity per year.   I didn’t mind settling for a smaller refrigerator, given the tendency of food at the back to be forgotten and turn into ‘science experiments’.  But today Marc informs me that we can have a full-depth refrigerator after all.   So be it.