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

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.

Deborah Krasner has been designing kitchens across the U.S. for more than eight years, including that of Marcella Hazan, and have been profiled in Food & Wine, House Beautiful, Woman's Day Kitchen and Bath, Saveur Renovation Style, and Home magazines. Krasner has written for Food & Wine, Parade, The Wine Enthusiast, and Real Simple and is the author of The Flavors of Olive Oil.