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The Americas Test Kitchen Family Cookbook Heavy Duty Revised Edition

Repackaged to be easier to use and expanded to include a whole new chapter of healthy, light recipes, this revised edition of one of last fall’s bestselling cookbooks remains the one and only basic cookbook you will ever need. 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 to do in the kitchen is explained in these pages in America’s most popular test kitchen’s approachable, no-nonsense voice.

These 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-worthy dinners (like Beef Burgundy, Roast Leg of Lamb, and Fresh Fruit Trifle), equipment ratings, shoppings tips, and more.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great resource!
This is a fabulous cookbook to have on hand!! There are great recipes (divided in sections) with wonderful tips on the best tools and techniques to use. A priceless resource to keep close by!

5 Stars Best. Cookbook. Ever.
I have tried a dozen different recipes out of this book in the two months I’ve owned it, and every one was One Of The Best Things I Have Ever Cooked.

These are not recipes that you will have to tweak a little the second or third time you do them. They are fabulous exactly as written, which makes sense considering they are based on a show that tries to come up with “the best” way to cook whatever they are making.

The flavors are surprisingly rich and sophisticated for recipes that generally have fairly simple ingredients. Those labeled “fast” are appropriate for weeknight meals. Their product suggestions have also been spot-on.

These guys are the perfect balance between “foodies” and practical, normal cooks making dinner for a family. I can’t recommend this book highly enough.

5 Stars Believe in it! These recipes work, plain and simple.
I actually purchased the original edition in 2005, but would love to have this newer version with the heavier paper- several of my pages have ripped out of the binder. Either way, I have not had a SINGLE bad meal using this cookbook. They really and truly test the heck out of each recipe and it shows. There are times when I read a recipe and think that maybe “my way” is better, but I forge ahead in the name of science and do it their way. Guess what? Their way is better every time. We used their meatball recipe last night and they were FANTASTIC- tender and yummy. My meatballs are usually dense and a little dry. I made fried eggs this morning following their recipe (and thinking “low heat? really?” the entire time.) Again- awesome eggs. Trust me, you will not go wrong following their recipes. Do it their way, even if it seems like there are extra steps and you’ve never done it that way before. It just works.

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