Best of America's Test Kitchen 2015

by America's Test Kitchen (Editor)

Packed with step-by-step techniques and full-color photos, this "best-of-the-best" collection is a practical cookbook that every home cook can use.

The Best of America’s Test Kitchen 2015 takes you behind the scenes of America’s Test Kitchen and gives you the inside scoop on 150+ recipes our editors have voted to be the standouts of the year.

Learn how to make sesame-crusted salmon that’s better than the version served at your favorite restaurant, gluten-free cupcakes so good no one will know they’re made without wheat, and grilled glazed pork tenderloin that’s perfectly cooked from edge to center. (One of the Stack and tie these skinny roasts together to make one evenly shaped roast that is less prone to drying out on the grill). Discover our favorite reader-submitted quick tips and use our objective equipment and ingredient ratings to start shopping smarter.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction

330 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2014

About the author

America's Test Kitchen, based in a brand new state-of-the-art 60,000 sq. ft. facility with over 15,000 sq. ft. of test kitchens and studio space, in Boston's Seaport District, is dedicated to finding the very best recipes for home cooks. Over 50 full-time (admittedly obsessive) test cooks spend their days testing recipes 30, 40, up to 100 times, tweaking every variable until they understand how and why recipes work. They also test cookware and supermarket ingredients so viewers can bypass marketing hype and buy the best quality products. As the home of Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines, and publisher of more than one dozen cookbooks each year, America's Test Kitchen has earned the respect of the publishing industry, the culinary world, and millions of home cooks. America's Test Kitchen the television show launched in 2001, and the company added a second television program, Cook's Country, in 2008.

Discover, learn, and expand your cooking repertoire with Julia Collin Davison, Bridget Lancaster, Jack Bishop, Dan Souza, Lisa McManus, Tucker Shaw, Bryan Roof, and our fabulous team of test cooks!

Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.

Reviews

[Bridget · Rating 3 out of 5]

A couple recipes in particular caught my eye (I have a total food-crush on Dan Souza) --- but I would say that the format just didn't jive with me. The majority of the book is structure in two columns, with recipes and photos overlapping on pages. When you have something that starts there, doesn't match with the photo, then you have to turn the page, it just made it tough to be engaged in the stories they were trying to tell.

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is more than a cookbook because it covers a lot of the science behind why a recipe works. Each recipe also comes with the narrative of the process of how the recipe was perfected. The actual format is not my favorite for a "recipe" book since the recipes often span several pages. However, there are a lot of recipes I would like to make (or have made for me). Lots of great tips on the best gadgets and brands of products they discovered through product and taste testing.