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'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.