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Reddit mentions of The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001-2017: Every Recipe from the Hit TV Show with Product Ratings and a Look Behind the Scenes
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We found 3 Reddit mentions of The Complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001-2017: Every Recipe from the Hit TV Show with Product Ratings and a Look Behind the Scenes. Here are the top ones.
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The complete America's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook!
Specs:
| Color | Multicolor |
| Height | 11.19 Inches |
| Length | 8.63 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | October 2016 |
| Weight | 6.77480531126 Pounds |
| Width | 2 Inches |
America's Test Kitchen complete TV show book or their Cooking School book are both excellent as large compendiums of a variety of recipes all of which have been thoroughly tested, are well-written, and have two or three paragraphs explaining why the recipe is the way it is. These are books I would recommend to anyone looking for a big book of recipes to cook at home and get good results.
My personal favorite is Ad Hoc at Home by Thomas Keller. The food in that book is just so wonderful -- pretty much perfect examples of every dish attempted -- and the recipes execute it perfectly but are generally not too complex or difficult for a home cook. If we had to eat food from just one cookbook for the rest of our lives I think we would all give priority to huge compendiums with 500+ recipes in them, but if we had to choose from single-author cookbooks with ~100 recipes or so, I would pick Ad Hoc at Home.
The first cookbook I ever owned was this one: America's Test Kitchen Cookbook. (I have the 2016, version, though.) It has a great many recipes from different cuisines and will teach you technique while it's guiding you through it. I didn't find it intimidating and pretty much everything I've made from there was delicious.
The only caveat I'd make is that not all the meals are the same size. And sometimes you don't want to cook 6 servings. In which case I'd recommend The ATK Cookbook for Two. I gave it to my father last Christmas. He has a lot of cooking experience and he picked it up and immediately learned new things and enjoyed the results.
> Where do you look stuff up now?
My main reference right now is the
ATK Cookbook.
Otherwise, if I'm looking online I go to Serious Eats, HipPressureCooking, and Dad Cooks Dinner. SheSimmers is good too.
I don't go to user submitted recipe sites much anymore because it's impossible to sort the crap from the good stuff without a curator.