I checked this out from the library hoping to find some good ideas for a kitchen remodel. This book is full of showy kitchens that no real cook would tolerate. If you want you kitchen to look pretty, modern, or authentic, this may help you. If you want to use your kitchen instead of just dressing it up to look nice, buy another book.

After reading this book you'll realize that, gone are the old notions that a kitchen is the place where June Cleaver baked cookies for The Beaver, Wally, and the omnipresent Eddie Haskell! The kitchen has now become a showcase of sleek design and gleaming stainless steel, and YES you CAN cook in it! This book is full of ideas for designing your kitchen and using available space to maximum advantage without sacrificing beauty. From the traditional to the contemporary kitchen you will find many excellent ideas, and it will broaden your horizons about what can be used in a kitchen. Imagine having a set of chairs by: Charles Eames, Alvar Aalto and Marcel Brever sitting side by side while the Dualit grills your sandwich!

I enjoyed the other book in the series, so I assumed this would be a delight as well. I am so glad that I decided to buy this! Wonderful detail and full of great ideas, this gets the creative juices flowing! Kitchens is a great buy.