The New Outdoor Kitchen
Turn Cooking
and Entertaining "Inside Out" for Boundless Pleasure
By Debra
Krasner
Plan and Create A Glorious Outdoor Kitchen for Your Home
Imagine the sun on your skin and a breeze in
your hair...as you put a meal in the oven! For years we've dreamed
up ways to bring the outdoors into our homes. Now here is the
know-how to bring the indoors out. And the best news? You can create
a glorious al fresco kitchen no matter how limited your "good
weather" season, yard size or budget.
First you'll be inspired by beautiful outdoor
kitchen photos and profiles. Then this unique new guide will help
you create your own, with expert advice on everything from floors to
shelter tops and stoves to sinks.
Discover firsthand the new meaning of
"Let's go out for dinner!"
- Guidance every step of the way for
planning an outdoor kitchen ideally suited to your site, style,
needs, finances. (Setup, built in, Modest, or forgive the pun -
all out. We'll help you make the right choices right from the
start.)
- 300 full-color photos show you outdoor
kitchens all over the country, from "Italy In Texas" to "Urban
Oasis." (See what's cooking in some celebrity chef backyards
along the way.)
- Your exciting new options in equipment
and materials like task and ambient lighting, outdoor
refrigerators, ovens of all sizes, counters to rival the finest
indoor models (Remember when outdoor cooking was pretty much
limited to Dad's trusty grill and a redwood picnic table? No
more!)
- A complete resource list with contact
information for designers and suppliers
- Wonderful "extras" to enhance your
outdoor living area - portable fireplaces, heaters, even
backyard sound systems
"An outdoor kitchen invites you to revel in
the pleasures of the natural world." - Deborah Krasner
A one-of-a-kind book with all you need to
spark your imagination and fire up plans for your own outdoor
kitchen
Introduction:
Whether you live in a climate where outdoor living is possible
for most of the year, or, as I do, in a place where spring and
summer merge into a bare three-month-long window, cooking and dining
outside has enormous appeal. Although lean-to "summer kitchens" used
to be built outdoors to keep the house cool, these days we all want
to cook and live outside for the sheer pleasure of it.
Living outside- and living well- is the reason for this book. The
great suburban migration of the mid-20th century produced outdoor
kitchens furnished with modest barbecues and wooden picnic tables,
but our standards and aspirations have grown into a desire for
outdoor kitchens and dining areas that match our homes in quality,
style, performance, and attractiveness.
Manufacturers have taken note. These days, the equipment
available for outdoor living includes restaurant-level high-BTU gas
grills; outdoor refrigerators; sinks of all styles and sizes; task
and ambient lighting; stone, tile, and cast-cement counters the
equal of their interior kitchen cousins; and ovens up to the job of
cooking everything from bread and pizza to a whole pig. Amenities
for outdoor social spaces include portable fireplaces and heaters,
outdoor furniture that rivals interior models for comfort and visual
appeal, garden structures from gazebos to antique barns, and even
carpets and sound systems designed for backyard use.
Confronted by all these possibilities, what is a homeowner to do?
Where should you begin? How can you start planning, or researching,
or even considering a budget? This book will answer all of your
questions. We'll show you lots of great dream material and specific
details, but we'll also tell you how to get from dream to reality.
We'll also show you lots of equipment choices, as well as
offering information on materials and styles for everything from
patio and deck flooring to counters and trellises. We'll give you
sources for everything in the book, and websites for designers and
manufacturers. But most of all, especially in Chapter 1, we'll give
you a map for the design process, showing you how to think through a
complete plan.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
1) Your Outdoor Kitchen:
From Dream to Reality
Artful Desert Living
Poolhouse Kitchen
Home on the Range
2) The Fire Outside
An Intimate Santa Fe
Courtyard Kitchen
Deckside Cooking
Urban Oasis
3) Beyond the Grill:
Outdoor Appliances,
Cabinets, and Counters
The Resort Life at
Home
Behind the Screen
Al Fresco Dining
with a View
4) Dining and
Entertaining in the
Great Outdoors
Italy in Texas
Main Screenhouse
Hidden Courtyard,
Poolside Kitchen
5) Grace Notes:
Lighting, Sound Systems,
Planting, and Water
Features
A Vermont Hillside
Transformed
Resource List
Hard-cover
Published 2007
ISBN: 978-1-56158-804-6 |
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