Article: Outdoor kitchen can transform a backyard into a resort

In America's rush to duplicate every indoor room in the great outdoors, kitchens seem to be a favorite. Forget for a moment the recent spate of outdoor living rooms, sleeping pavilions and elaborate spas. They add minimally to one's gastronomic social status.

But a well-planned outdoor kitchen? It can transform a garden or deck into a kind of island resort, where great friends and great flavors mingle under sun or stars.

Nothing beats an outdoor meal with friends and family, says Deborah Krasner, a kitchen designer and cookbook author who wrote "The New Outdoor Kitchen: Cooking Up a Kitchen for the Way You Live and Play," after building an outdoor kitchen for herself.

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