Smart Kitchen: How to Create a Comfortable, Safe, Energy-Efficient, and Environment-Friendly Workspace [Paperback]

David Goldbeck (Author), Merle Cosgrove (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1994

An innovative guide to making kitchens "user friendly," energy-efficient, safe, and environment-friendly. Every element of the kitchen is discussed, including appliances, materials, fixtures, composting, recycling, low-tox building, and design. Featured in The New York Times and Fine Homebuilding. 134 pages, recycled paper/vegetable ink, 50 illustrations, tables, resources, bibliography, index, paperback.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This book is the outgrowth of a demonstration kitchen the author, a well-known writer and lecturer on food and nutrition, developed in 1984. The emphasis is on changing traditional kitchen design to make this part of the house more user friendly, safer, better lighted, and energy efficient. Environmental concerns such as air quality and recycling wastes are stressed. Construction materials (counter tops, floor coverings), appliances (ovens, dishwashers), and energy sources (gas, electricity) are examined. Cabinet design, appliance location, and kitchen shape also are discussed. This book will be useful for those who want to be heavily involved in remodeling or planning a new kitchen.
- W.T. Johnston, formerly with Coastal Plain Regional Lib., Tifton, Ga.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

The Smart Kitchen is an excellent resource not only for people who are building a new kitchen, but for those who desire to modify their existing kitchen, even on a shoestring budget. -- Natural Health, September/October 1995

The Smart Kitchen is valuable, perhaps even indispensable, for the information and perspective it provides... -- Fine Home Building, February/March 1990

Goldbeck's treatment of health-related topics, the environment and safety are also useful and detailed, particularly compared with the short work made of such subjects in most kitchen books. -- Fine Home Building, February/March 1990

It is must reading for anyone thinking of building a kitchen, and anyone interested in new ideas on the subject. ... The Smart Kitchen is a guide to design, appliances, fixtures, and materials that just might revolutionize kitchens. -- 1,0001 Home Ideas, February 1990

It usually takes someone who spends time working in a particular environment to come up with new ideas for improving it. Such is the case with David Goldbeck, who has coauthored (with his wife Nikki Goldbeck) best-selling, food related books and has spent years working in the kitchen. Goldbeck's book, The Smart Kitchen, subtitled "How to Design a Comfortable, Safe, Energy-Efficient, and Environment-Friendly Workspace," challenges us to reconsider traditional kitchen design and materials. -- Kitchen & Bath Concepts, March 1990

Through research in his prototypical Design Kitchen, Goldbeck has compiled a plethora of sound (no, acoustics aren't overlooked) advice for designing an energy-workstation that looks toward the future with energy efficiency and environmental choices always in view. Smart ideas abound for planning counters, cabinets, sinks, lighting, electric outlets - and for selecting appropriate and healthy building materials... This manual is indispensable for those who are thinking about designing an efficient kitchen. -- Practical Homeowner, July/August 1990

Woodstock, N.Y. writer and kitchen designer offers suggestions for cooking up beautiful, practical kitchens perfect for the 90's and beyond. -- Professional Builder, Mid-June 1996

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ceres Pr; 2 edition (May 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0960613870
• ISBN-13: 978-0960613878
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,248,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #88 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > How-to & Home Improvements > Remodeling & Renovation > Kitchens

More About the Author

We are communicators. We are passionate about sharing what we know about the joys of vegetarian/wholefoods cuisine. We never planned this, but found shortly after our marriage in 1970 that we had a mutual interest and talent for writing about consumer issues and wholefoods. We were overwhelmed when our first book, The Supermarket Handbook became a national best-seller. Although books are our main medium we have have also used other media - TV, radio and our website as well. Although there is no way to tell how many people we have reached we know that our four hour-long appearances on Donahue plus hundreds of other interviews have reached millions of people. It is quite remarkable to have participated in and witnessed the revolution in whole, organic and vegetarian foods.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for anybody designing a kitchen, January 1, 1999

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This review is from: Smart Kitchen: How to Create a Comfortable, Safe, Energy-Efficient, and Environment-Friendly Workspace (Paperback)

This book is well organized and very effective in delivering essencial information for the design of a kitchen.Every detail/problem has been thought of and/or resolved. It gives direct and clear recomendations that will deffinitively save you money, time and effort.