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The Best of America's Test Kitchen 2007: The Year's Best Recipes, Equipment Reviews, and T
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With the debut of this four-color annual cookbook, the editors at America's Test Kitchen feature the best of the best--the recipes and culinary discoveries from a year's worth of cooking and testing for our books, magazines, and public television cooking show. No fan of our franchise should be without this collection. Featuring 150 of our favorite recipes from the nearly 1,000 developed last year, test cooks tell readers in their own words what they learned and what they learned. The Best of ATK provides a revealing, behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in our test kitchen. Each recipe features a write-up explaining why it was chosen as a "best" recipe. We also include make-ahead instructions, tips on how to avoid the mistakes we made, and step-by-step instructions.
312 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1,2006
This edition
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312 pages, Hardcover
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January 1, 2006 by Cooks Illustrated
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9781933615097
- ASIN
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1933615095
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English
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Can't believe I actually read a cookbook cover to cover!
Well, not exactly cover to cover... I did skip several recipes that didn't appeal to me, but even on those recipes I skipped, I read the extra blurbs included that related to something specific in that recipe.
Whether it be choosing the best springform pan or America's Test Kitchen's favorite chicken breast brand, there was always good information in every recipe.
For those who are unaware, America's Test Kitchen prints several magazines every year (Cook's Illustrated, Cook's Country, etc.) and this annual cookbook is a collection of the best from that year. Each recipe gives a little backstory to how they tested dozens of different recipes to determine the best one. They have tips and tricks from producing an all-beef meatloaf (gelatin is the key substitute for veal) to making the perfect low fat cheesecake (making yogurt cheese overnight produces the thickness and tang lost by using less & light cream cheese)! I enjoy cooking, but add scientific explanations of how things work and I'm ecstatic.
Already made one recipe (Hearty Slow-Cooker Beef Stew) which turned out good, but I think I may have made some mistakes (like draining the beefy oil when preparing the chunks the night before). But that's the great thing about these recipes—now it's my turn to try them again and again until I perfect them for myself! Dog-eared at least 20 recipes I want to try!
Well, not exactly cover to cover... I did skip several recipes that didn't appeal to me, but even on those recipes I skipped, I read the extra blurbs included that related to something specific in that recipe.
Whether it be choosing the best springform pan or America's Test Kitchen's favorite chicken breast brand, there was always good information in every recipe.
For those who are unaware, America's Test Kitchen prints several magazines every year (Cook's Illustrated, Cook's Country, etc.) and this annual cookbook is a collection of the best from that year. Each recipe gives a little backstory to how they tested dozens of different recipes to determine the best one. They have tips and tricks from producing an all-beef meatloaf (gelatin is the key substitute for veal) to making the perfect low fat cheesecake (making yogurt cheese overnight produces the thickness and tang lost by using less & light cream cheese)! I enjoy cooking, but add scientific explanations of how things work and I'm ecstatic.
Already made one recipe (Hearty Slow-Cooker Beef Stew) which turned out good, but I think I may have made some mistakes (like draining the beefy oil when preparing the chunks the night before). But that's the great thing about these recipes—now it's my turn to try them again and again until I perfect them for myself! Dog-eared at least 20 recipes I want to try!
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OOOH so yummy I made the crunchy baked pork chops they were wonderful! Love the instructions and techniques perfect descriptions.
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Great book!
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I like how they explain the trial and error of the recipes they make. Photos for most items. It's written just like they talk on TV :)
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I only came across a handful of recipes that I would consider making myself, but this book is still full of great advice, tips, and tricks. I really like the explanations of how the final recipe was 'discovered'.
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This is such a great book if you like to know why a recipe works, or too often in my case, why a recipe fails.
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2007 had better recipes
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