America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated (2001)
Recipes that work.
Equipment reviews, taste tests, and recipes from the test kitchen to the home cook. A team of test cooks that viewers have come to love and trust deconstruct recipes and reveal the test kitchen’s secrets to foolproof cooking at home.
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1. Salad 1012004-01-03 · 25mWe give much needed makeovers to two classic salads. Salad seems so easy. Just dress some leafy greens and serve, right?
Recipes: Basic Tossed Green Salad; Greek Salad; Wilted Spi
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2. Summer Tomatoes2004-01-10 · 25mSay goodbye to thick, bland gazpacho and soggy tomato tarts. It’s feast or famine when it comes to good tomatoes.
Recipes: Gazpacho; Quick Summer Tomato Tart
Tasting Lab: Mozzare
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3. One-Pot Wonders2004-01-17 · 25mThe notion of dinner made in a single pot is certainly alluring. Two complete meals from a pot; one a classic, the other a surprise.
Recipes: Beef Chili with Kedney Beans; Indoor
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4. East Coast Seafood2004-01-24 · 25mWe solve the problem of porridge-like chowder and bready crabcakes. Clam chowder and crab cakes are available in most every seafood restaurant in the country. These dishes both hav
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5. New Orleans Menu2004-01-31 · 25mWe bring a taste of New Orleans into the home kitchen. Jambalaya and bananas Foster are two of our favorite dishes from New Orleans.
Recipes: Jambalaya; Bananas Foster
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6. Freedom from Red Sauce2004-02-07 · 25mSkip the marinara and try these two vegetable sauces. Tired of the same old marinara sauce?
Recipes: Pasta with Mushrooms; Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe and Sausage
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7. Quick Classic Pastas2004-02-14 · 25mEveryone knows pasta is quick. That's one of the reasons Americans (and Italians) love it.
Recipes: "Quick" Bolognese; Four Cheese Pasta
Tasting Lab: Tomato Paste
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8. Pot Roast2004-02-21 · 25mPot roast can be the ultimate comfort food or a huge waste of time. We solve the problem of dry, gray, tough meat.
Recipes: Pot Roast with Root Vegetables; Skillet Green Beans
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9. Maple-Glazed Pork Roast2004-02-28 · 25mSay goodbye to dry, tough, candy-like roasts. The marketing of the “other white meat” would be amusing if today’s pork weren’t so lean and flavorless.
Recipes: Maple-Glazed Pork L
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10. Truck Stop Classics2004-03-06 · 25mWe perfect two roadside classics: chicken-fried steak and coconut cream pie. Truckers often know where to find the best home cooking.
Recipes: Chicken-Fried Steak with Gravy; Coco
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11. Chicken in a Skillet2004-03-13 · 25mA skillet can turn out hundreds of chicken dinners. For most Americans, chicken breasts are the holy grail of weeknight cooking. (We think thighs are more flavorful, but that’s ano
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12. Chicken in a Pot2004-03-20 · 25mTwo French takes on an American promise. Herbert Hoover may have promised Herbert Hoover may have promised Americans a chicken in every pot, but no ne said that chicken couldn't be
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13. Steak and Potatoes2004-03-27 · 25mWe take the mystery out of properly grilled steaks. It’s hard to beat steak and mashed potatoes for both simplicity and flavor.
Recipes: Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes with Carameliz
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14. Steak Tips2004-04-03 · 25mSteak tips and steak fries sound like bad menu offerings from your local low-rent steakhouse. We rescue steak tips and fries from low-rent steakhouses.
Recipes: Steak Tips; Steak
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15. Stir Fry 1012004-04-10 · 25mStir-fries at home that are better than takeout. Ordering Chinese takeout is like playing Russian roulette.
Recipes: Stir-Fired Pork with Eggplant; Stir-Fried Beef and Broccoli
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16. Asian Noodles2004-04-17 · 25mSay goodbye to bad Americanized versions of pad Thai and sesame noodles. We no longer think of noodles as just Italian.
Recipes: Pad Thai; Cold Sesame Noodles
Equipment Center: F
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17. Italian Classics2004-04-24 · 25mAmericans love Italian food - and rightly so.
Recipes: Chicken Diavola; Frico; Strawberries with Balsamic Vinegar
Tasting Labs: Balsamic Vinegar
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18. French Food in a Flash2004-05-01 · 25mWe bring two classics into the home kitchen for great results in a fraction of the time.
Recipes: Simplified Cassoulet with Pork and Kielbasa; 30-Minute Tarte Tatin
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19. Tea Time2004-05-08 · 25mSay goodbye to leaden scones and pound cake. In the test kitchen, we think afternoon (or morning) tea is an excellent excuse to whip up a batch of scones or a golden loaf of lemon
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20. Sunday Brunch2004-05-15 · 25mWe solve the problem of rubbery omelets and dry, hockey puck muffins. Sunday brunch sounds so civilized.
Recipes: Denver Omelet; Corn Muffins
Equipment Center: Rubber Spatulas
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21. The Pancake Show2004-05-22 · 25mFew recipes deliver so much pleasure for so little work as pancakes. The batter comes together in minutes, and the cooking time is brief. Why, then, do most Americans never make pa
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22. Cookie Jar Favorites2004-05-29 · 25mGood cookies don’t really require any more work than bad cookies. Unless, of course, you are willing to consider dry, crumbly, tasteless packaged cookies from the supermarket - but
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23. Summer Berry Desserts2004-06-05 · 25mWhen local berries are in season, we like to showcase them in simple desserts. Two simple showcases for fresh summer berries.
Recipes: Summer Berry Pie; Berry Gratin with Lemon Sa
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24. Easy Sheet Cakes2004-06-12 · 25mWe solve the problem of dry, sticky, flavorless cakes. A sheet cake is like a with training wheels--it's hard to fall off.
Recipes: Chocolate Sheet Cake; Carrot Cake
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25. Lemon Cheescake2004-06-19 · 25mLight, creamy, and great lemon flavor--neither too fleeting nor too harsh.
Recipe: Lemon Cheesecake
Equipment Center: Springform Pans
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26. Showstopper Deserts2004-06-26 · 25mTwo desserts that pull out all the stops yet are easy to prepare.
Recipes: Chocolate Mousse Cake; Chilled Lemon Souffle
Tasting Lab: Unsweetened Chocolate
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Julia Collin DavisonSelf
Bridget LancasterSelf
Jack BishopSelfImages
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