Outdoor Kitchen the new Luxury

As children, making pies from mud or even Smores by the campfire could feel as though life could not get any better. However, for a few of us, with the right combination of space and resource the addition of an outdoor kitchen could transform ones house from French Vanilla to "Sorbanne de Vanille 1884."

In a new book recently reviewed by the L.A. Times, The New Outdoor Kitchen: Cooking Up a Kitchen for the Way You Live and Play' by Deborah Krasner we are exposed to what most of the worlds most creative chefs can only dream of, the outdoor kitchen.

Nothing beats an outdoor meal with friends and family, says Deborah Krasner, a kitchen designer and cookbook author who wrote her new book, "The New Outdoor Kitchen: Cooking Up a Kitchen for the Way You Live and Play" after building what she calls "the ultimate outdoor kitchen" for herself. Then there's the taste: "You can achieve flavors in outdoor kitchens that you simply can't get from cooking on traditional indoor equipment," she says. And for Southern Californians especially, there's the matter of added living space: "With the right design and equipment, you've added what is essentially another full room, one without walls, that you'll live in much of the year." The newest trend is to reproduce the same level of efficiency and attractiveness outdoors as you have inside the house, she says. New outdoor cabinets, for example, are impervious to weather, and as handsome as the indoor kind. Refrigerators are built to withstand the elements. Full Article