You want to pay attention to the lumens, which is the measure of brightness. Watts only lets you know how much energy is being used, but does not indicate the brightness. Halogen is hot. I would do LED, particularly if the cost of that type of bulb has come down recently. With those bulbs, I would be concerned about getting "spots" of bright light, rather than an overall bright light. If you want to use a dimmer, make sure the bulbs are dimmable, and that you get the appropriate type dimmer switch.

LED can very bright. Catbuilder has given you great advice: the lights should be on a dimmer.

Thank you, Catbuilder & practigal. I just ordered dimmable LED's!

LED bulbs are great...pay attention the the "CRI" (color rendering index) of the bulbs...I would go with 90+ in areas where food is being prepared/served because those bulbs will render colors with better fidelity as compared to sunlight.

Thanks, malba2366, and oh well, maybe next time on the 90plus. The ones I ordered yesterday have a CRI of 80.