15 Ways To Keep Your Kitchen Cool On Hot Summer Days
By Jean Nick for RodalesOrganicLife.com July 25, 2017
Our great-grandmothers had stand-alone summer kitchen buildings for a good reason: Cooking and washing dishes generates much heat and steam, two things we could use a lot less of on hot summer days. But even in an unending heat wave, you don't need an outdoor kitchen to tolerate a good home-cooked meal (though having one would be really nice sometimes!) If you want to keep your home cool—and keep your air conditioner from kicking into overdrive during dinnertime—here are 15 quick and easy summer cooking tips that will cut both your oven's and your AC's energy use.
http://www.prevention.com/health/keeping-kitchen-cool-summer