A winning collection of 150 recipes hand selected by Julia Collin Davison and Bridget Lancaster, the well-known and beloved stars of our public television shows. Here, for the first time, they get personal and pull back the curtain on their lives, their families, and the recipes they like to cook when they are off camera.
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!
All recipes in the “Weekend Breakfasts” section look absolutely appetizing and manageable for regular home cooks. I want to try each and every one of them. The rest of the book, however, is less impressive. A few recipes for holiday meals seem interesting enough, but otherwise I find this cookbook unfortunately... blend. I had high hopes for it, and yet such a big book from America’s Test Kitchen turns out be a bit of letdown. Quite a disappointing outcome. 2 stars only.
I have cooked several recipes out of this book and on the whole I, and my family, have enjoyed them. I made the Meatballs and Marinara pg. 112. I loved the meatballs slot in this recipe, I did use a full pound of Italian sausage and only 2 lbs of beef, but otherwise I followed the recipe as written. They were excellent. The sauce was good, but just fine. My wife felt it was kinda bland and i sort of agree. My wife made the Holiday Scalloped Potatoes pg. 261. They are a keeper and we will definitely make again. The cidar baked ham was also amazing. I enjoyed everything we made out of this book. Although, some of the recipes seemed a bit bland.
I really liked this cookbook, but most of these recipes are in recent cookbooks from America's Test Kitchen, Cooks Country, and their magazine. I guess it's good to have them all in one place.
What can I say? I have been a fan of America's Test Kitchen/Cook's Illustrated/Cook's Country for many years. I have made dozens and dozens of their recipes over the years, and rarely have I had one not succeed. In a way, I miss Christopher Kimball, but I think Bridgett and Julia are doing a great job carrying on with the show. ATK has played a large role in improving how I cook. Their videos are very well done, and I've picked up plenty of great cooking and baking tips. I will say that whenever ATK comes up with a new cookbook, I will spot familiar recipes I've made from other cookbooks. However, I found some new recipes and I really like this one! I liked getting to know more about Bridgett and Julia. I spotted this book at my local library and flipped through it in one afternoon. As always, there is a beautiful color photo with each recipe-- and that's what makes me want to buy a cookbook. So, I will download this one in Kindle format, since my cookbook shelf is pretty jam packed! Highly recommend.
I enjoy Food Network's America's Test Kitchen and felt like I was invited to the hosts' homes where they served meals their families enjoy. The little anecdotes from Bridget and Julia made the book personal and I'm going to try some of their recipes.
Enjoyable book that tells a lot of the backstory of Julia and Bridget (for example, I didn't know that Julia was from Rochester, NY), as well as sharing their favorite recipes, along with critiques.
Great book. America's test kitchen always goes above and beyond. There are some recipes still where I feel like cook time may have been off but that could just be due to geographical location.