by Deborah Krasner (Author)
Hardcover: 232 pages
Publisher: Taunton Press
(February 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1561588040
ISBN-13: 978-1561588046
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 0.9 x 11.1 inches
Synopsis
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.
My Thoughts
In the spring, I like to dig out some of my old books and leaf through those that contain attractive outdoor images. And, the book The New Outdoor Kitchen: Cooking Up a Kitchen for the Way You Live and Play by Deborah Krasner is full of photographs and useful information.
I enjoy many things about this book. Among them are that it provides details on how to recognize a great location, how to measure and draw a sitemap and more importantly budget testing.
The book makes you think, how do you want to spend your hard earned money? What is most important to you?
Take for example grills. There is an interesting section on the different type of grills, gas, charcoal, pellet, infrared, propane, electric, and fire-side. Either flat top, portable freestanding or perhaps you are more geared to something built-in with or without warming drawers.
Another section talks about a variety of outdoor appliances and we see there are many different types of flooring and walls too.
I personally enjoy the section that offers up images of entertaining outside as it goes over outdoor furniture selection, fabrics, and finishes as well as the section that discusses lighting, sound systems, planting and water features.
While this book shows many photographs of elaborate outdoor kitchens, it also provided images an details for those on a budget.