Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #528783 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback

About the Author
Donald E. Silvers, CKD, integrates over forty years of experience as a residential and commercial kitchen designer, chef, and food industry executive into a function-oriented approach to design. Mr. Silvers is an experienced lecturer and a nationally published writer on a variety of issues relating to an efficient work environment. He is known for his "Silvers' Law of Design," which states: "A functional kitchen has the ability to take a given space and expand or compress the capacity of that space so it can respond to a given need at a given time."

Mr. Silvers also has tested and critiqued small appliances and written reviews of cookbooks and kitchen equipment for a variety of magazines and as a menu consultant for Le Campion Gourmet Club. His articles have been a catalyst to encourage the kitchen industry to change its focus from kitchens that not only look beautiful, but that cook as well.

Starting in the mid seventies, he began teaching cooking and kitchen design for UCLA extension, Interior Designers Guild, United Design Association, San Diego Mesa College, Los Angeles Mission College (a Los Angeles Community College), Everywoman's Village, Bristol Farms, The Epicurean, Bon Appetit, The Renaissance Restaurant, and Draeger’s as well as other restaurants and gourmet cooking shops. He was also a featured speaker at the 1993 national conference for the National Kitchen and Bath Association.

Mr. Silvers has authored the book THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO KITCHEN DESIGN WITH COOKING IN MIND Published by NMI in Tarzana, California.

Donald Silvers can be reached at 800-900-4761, email:sildesigns@aol.

Customer Reviews

This Book is a Gem!
"The Complete Guide to Kitchen Design With Cooking in Mind" has been extremely helpful. My husband and I are both cooks and love to entertain. We are updating our smaller kitchen and need to make it work for both of us to cook together. This book is key for functionality. It has been our bible during this tedious process.

The photographs and illustrations have been extremely helpful in planning our layout...plus everything from start to finish was covered. My husband and I debated over cabinetry, appliances, and finishes. The book has guided us to agree upon our decisions. This book is a gem!

A Must-Read!
Kitchen Design with Cooking in Mind is a must for anyone planning to create or remodel their kitchen. Reading it will help avoid costly mistakes and make the right decisions. I can't praise it enough--it's full of great ideas and incredible photos. I have heard Mr. Silvers lecture AND have enjoyed sampling his phenomenal cooking--both of which are testimonials to his expertise.

Loved the revised edition
I am currently designing a new house and was completely stumped when it came to the kitchen. After reading the revised edition of Donald Silvers "Kitchen design with cooking in mind" it all fell into place. I learned everything from what appliances to buy to where to put them and after reading the book I have a new view of the kitchen and how it should work.I especially loved the color photography in the book. This book is great for someone designing a kitchen or simply trying to make an existing kitchen function more smoothly.