The New Outdoor Kitchen: Cooking up a Kitchen for the Way You Live and Play

by Deborah Krasner, Eric Roth (Photographer), Michael A. Krasner (With)

Overview

As indoor kitchen design books do, The New Outdoor Kitchen covers initial design and planning and, in subsequent chapters, covers "stove" options (grills, smokers, wood-fired ovens); the rest of the kitchen (outdoor refrigerators, sinks, cabinets, and countertops); the entertaining and eating areas (including a discussion of outdoor heaters, social fire-fireplaces, firepits, and chimineas—and bug control to increase your season of enjoyment); and, finally, the grace notes of the outdoor kitchen—lighting and sound systems, plantings, and water features. Ten portfolio kitchens will be laced between the chapters, and the book will conclude with an extensive source list. The kitchens pictured in the book will run the size, price, ambition, and creativity gamut, from kitchens sited on decks and patios to a small urban backyard set up to elaborate built-in, freestanding outdoor environments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781561588046
Publisher:	Taunton Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/27/2007
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	9.50(w) x 11.06(h) x 0.91(d)

About the Author

Deborah Krasner's articles on food, design, and kitchen equipment have appeared in "Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, " and "Cooks Illustrated, " among others. A regular guest on Public Radio International's "The Splendid Table" with Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Krasner is also an active member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP), a Certified Culinary Professional (CCP), and she serves on the board of "Gastronomica" magazine. A kitchen designer, she is the author of several books on food and design, including "Kitchens for Cooks: Planning Your Perfect Kitchen." She lives with her family in Vermont.

Table of Contents

Welcome to the Pleasures of the Outdoor Kitchen     2
Your Outdoor Kitchen: From Dream to Reality     4
Artful Desert Living     36
Home on the Range     44
Pool-House Kitchen     50
The Fire Outside     54
An Intimate Santa Fe Courtyard Kitchen     76
Urban Oasis     86
Deckside Cooking     92
Beyond the Grill: Outdoor Appliances, Cabinets, and Counters     98
Behind the Screen     114
The Resort Life at Home     122
Al Fresco Dining with a View     128
Dining and Entertaining in the Great Outdoors     134
Italy in Texas     158
Maine Screenhouse     166
Hidden Courtyard, Poolside Kitchen     174
Grace Notes: Lighting, Sound Systems, Planting, and Water Features     182
A Vermont Hillside Transformed     206
Resources     224
Index     229
Credits     232