Author Justin Spring, who has written for The New York Times Home section and Martha Stewart Living, has transformed his own itty-bitty kitchen into a model of practical style. With his irreverent handbook, savvy cooks will learn to purge their kitchens of unnecessary items and maximize limited shelf and countertop space. They will also explore the most cook-friendly ways of setting up a kitchen; learn sneaky strategies for seemingly effortless entertaining; and explore the many challenges (and triumphs) of small-kitchen cleanup time. Along with suggestions for the best small-kitchen cooking equipment (and shopping guides for locating it), Spring - who learned many of his small-kitchen strategies aboard a family sailboat - looks at unconventional but highly effective ways of shopping, cooking and storing food in limited spaces. Forty classic recipes that require minimal preparation and cleanup - like Mom's Sunday Pot Roast, Toaster Oven Fried Chicken, and Extreme Brownies - will give you an entirely new way of looking at (and cooking in) your small kitchen.

Thirty charming illustrations add to the book's appeal as an all-purpose gift for housewarmings, graduations, weddings, and more.