summer kitchen

American  

noun

1. an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.

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Etymology

Origin of summer kitchen

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

Both Cathy Whims, in her excellent new cookbook "The Italian Summer Kitchen," and New York Times columnist Martha Rose Shulman recommend blanching basil before blending to preserve its vibrant color.

From Salon

Across the courtyard, the log cabin has a bathroom and a summer kitchen.

From Washington Post

Now they all live in an out-house that used to be the family's "summer kitchen".

From BBC

I couldn't wait to turn it into a summer kitchen.

From Salon

Beside Hercules’s childhood home in Ukraine stood a one-room litnya kuhnia, a breezy “summer kitchen” where the season’s work of pickling and preserving took place.

From Washington Post