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The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook: Featuring More Than 1,200 Kitchen-Tested Recipes
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Binding: Ring-bound
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5
EAN: 9780936184876
Edition: Lslf
ISBN: 0936184876
Label: America's Test Kitchen
Manufacturer: America's Test Kitchen
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 864
Publication Date: October 01, 2005
Publisher: America's Test Kitchen
Studio: America's Test Kitchen
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Editorial Review:
Over time, twin enterprises Cook's Illustrated magazine and America's Test Kitchen have published many books dedicated to providing exhaustively tested recipes--"best" versions of traditional dishes plus definitive takes on kitchen equipment and ingredients. Some series readers have complained of endlessly recycled or rejiggered recipes; others take each book at face value, finding the formulas and cooking insights good and helpful. America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook, which calls itself a cookbook, cooking school, and kitchen reference in one, offers over 1,200 approachable recipes for a very wide range of dishes--from "weekday" fare like Creamy Rice Casserole, Cheesy Nachos with Spicy Beef, and Skillet Lasagna, to dressier recipes, including Pan-Seared Lamb Chops with Red Wine Rosemary Sauce, Roasted Trout Stuffed with Bacon and Spinach, and Chocolate Marshmallow Mousse. There are "specialty" chapters devoted to sandwiches, drinks, and slow cooker and pressure cooker dishes; a grilling section is a tutorial in itself.
Unorthodox, "better-way" approaches abound. For example, a fried chicken formula instructs the cook to wet the bird's dry coating slightly before it's applied for an extra-crunchy crust. Predictably, side bars feature equipment and ingredient evaluations, on bottled salsa, for example; "good food/bad food" photographs show readers what to aim for when producing fare like holiday cookies; and there are tips, charts, and "Cooking 101" sidebars galore. Step-by-step photos offer more direction still.
Though the majority of recipes are sound and yield tempting results, readers poring through the book will note gaffes and curiosities. The recipe for poached eggs, for example, offers the option of extra cooking for "firm yolks" (hard-boiled poached eggs, anyone?) and hamburgers receive an indentation before cooking to avoid "puffy" domed burgers, a novel problem that could, in any case, be solved by proper shaping. The addition of sugar to some savory dishes--for example, a pan sauce for steak--is misguided. Readers should also know that the book, which comes in loose-leaf form, requires some assembly, and that the pages themselves are quite thin, making them vulnerable to spills and tearing in daily kitchen use.
These things said, the book delivers solid, family-friendly dishes with enough fully orchestrated "how-to" to make even novice cooks feel secure when tackling the basics or more ambitious fare. --Arthur Boehm
Amazon.com Exclusive
 Read a letter, written exclusively for Amazon.com, from Christopher Kimball, host of America's Test Kitchen and founder and editor of Cook's Illustrated magazine, as he talks about the years-in-the-making new project, America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook--an 800-pages-plus collection with 1,200 classic recipes.
Exclusive Recipe Excerpts from America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook
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Many years in the making, this comprehensive cookbook delivers more than 1,200 foolproof recipes for classic American family fare in a clear, accessible style. Beautiful step-by-step photos illuminate every conceivable technique from chopping shallots and skinning salmon to cutting up a chicken and tying a roast. In fact, just about anything you want (or need) to do in the kitchen will be explained in these pages in the test kitchen's approachable, no-nonsense voice. In addition, the recipes will keep you busy (and your friends and family happy) for years to come since we've included hundreds of easy weeknight dishes (like Skillet Lasagna and One-Pot Chicken and Rice), company and holiday-worthy dinners (like Beef Burgundy, Roast Leg of Lamb, and Fresh Fruit Trifle), dozens of menus, shopping tips, equipment ratings and more.
A cooking tutorial between two covers, The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook is the one and only basic cookbook you'll need, covering every course, from appetizers to desserts, and including chapters on breakfast, sandwiches, sauces and condiments, and beverages. Friendly test kitchen tips accompany nearly every recipe and point out either where you might go wrong or a special technique or ingredient that makes the recipe successful. Helpful charts (like a primer on steaming vegetables or cooking grains) and Cooking 101 pages (covering topics like brining, cheese, and crudité) make this a reference unlike any other. Bound to get America back into the kitchen again, this is a family cookbook for generations to come.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Near Perfect
Bought this for my wife because she enjoys the show. We have tried many of the recipes in it and have not disliked a single one. Some of the recipes we tried are now family favorites, hands down! Not only are the recipes superb, but the instructions are easy to follow and the product recommendations and substitution suggestions push this cookbook far above others. The only faults lie in a few difficult to come by or expensive ingredients as well as the far too flimsy pages (which they have improved ... Read More
Rating: - MY WIFE LOVES THIS!!
I bought this for my wife for Christmas. I have never eaten so well!! She has learned even more about something she already loved to do... cook! Best cook book I've ever seen!
Rating: - first cookbook I've ever enjoyed using
I have been cooking for a few years now, and everytime someone gave me a cookbook I'd look at it, get bored or frustrated by the layout, and ultimately I'd forget about it. Why would I waste my time pouring over a book that might not even have the recipe I want when I could just zip over to [...]and get a peer-reviewed recipe that was just what I was expecting?
This book makes it easy to find a recipe by type of food in case you don't know 'exactly' what you want to make, gives you inumerable ... Read More
Rating:  - Great for a beginner....
I am always looking for a good cook book. I love to test new recipes as well as spend the quality time cooking and baking with my children. So, when I read the reviews for this book, I thought, WOW I have to have this one! However, upon receiving it, I was disappointed at the content. It is very much for the beginner and the recipes...not exactly up my alley. I bought this before Christmas and still have yet to make one thing out of it. I am not saying "Don't buy it." Just get a little more info about ... Read More
Rating: - Only one you will need
I only wish I had bought this book years ago. I would have saved us a lot of money as well as shelf space in our kitchen. This is the only one you will need. We now give these out to newly weds as wedding presents. Nothing we have cooked has been a disappointment. Very good buy....
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