The New Cooking School Cookbook: Fundamentals

by America's Test Kitchen

Learn how to cook just about anything with this easy-to-follow cookbook for beginners—featuring 80 themed courses, 400 recipes, and 200+ kitchen hacks and skills for cooking at home!

Go to cooking school in your own kitchen! In this cookbook for beginners and experienced cooks, America’s Test Kitchen teaches you cooking basics, from poaching the perfect egg to making Italian pasta from scratch. Learn how to cook
 
• 80+ focused courses, from Pizza and Fried Rice to Fish on the Grill
• Insights on cooking techniques, key takeaways, and the food science of each course
• Demonstrations of a wide range of skills, progressing from basic to more advanced
• Easy-to-digest sections, so you can stop reading and start cooking!
• Infographic pages that dive deeper into each recipe and their ingredients
 
Why should you salt food at multiple stages during the cooking process? How is olive oil really produced, and why do mushrooms benefit from water when sauteing? Come learn all this and more with The New Cooking School—your ultimate guide to cooking basics and kitchen hacks for cooking at home.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction, Culinary, Reference, Ebooks

680 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 16, 2021

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

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

My summer project is to improve my cooking. Only started trying the recipes but I like all of the pointers on basic cooking skills. It’s making me much more confident and adding some nice variety to dinners. Just what I was looking for.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

America’s Test Kitchen is my go-to, and I am so glad Santa dropped off this cookbook. ATK gives tips along with their recipes, and the research and detail is impeccable.

[AllBookedUp · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you ever needed a cookbook, THIS is the one to get. It is broken down so beautifully that it brought me such happiness. Let me explain further...

There are the normal "cooking basics" in all cookbooks. Now comes the beauty of it all. The lists are broken down to Eggs and Tofu (plus sub-categories such as modern scrambled, fry, hard-cooked and soft cooked, etc), Vegetables (sub-categories such as Basic-not-boring boiled and steamed vegetable, simply sauteed, pan-roasting, etc), the list goes on and you get the gist of it.

This is a cookbook that I will enjoy and I deem it "it should be a classic staple" to all those who cook.

[Gloria · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a large, heavy book. That's the only "bad" thing about it. America's Test Kitchen (ATK) is simply the best. They do things a bit differently, and it is always better.

This fundamentals book covers all types of food. Recipes range from super simple (3 ingredients) to the inclusion of some rather rare ingredients. The beauty of ATK is that they work hard to make even the more complicated recipes seem approachable. Lots of photos and plenty of explanation of steps taken and why they are recommending them.

You can stick with the simple techniques or broaden your skills. Highly recommended.

[Starr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really great cookbook.

[Md Reza · Rating 5 out of 5]

★★★★★

The New Cooking School Cookbook: Fundamentals is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to build stronger cooking skills and understand the techniques behind great food. Rather than simply presenting recipes, the book encourages readers to learn the fundamentals that make cooking more intuitive and rewarding.

I especially appreciated the emphasis on technique and practical knowledge. Understanding why certain methods work can make a huge difference in the kitchen, and this cookbook provides the kind of guidance that can help home cooks become more confident with their own instincts and decisions.

The recipes provide a useful way to practice those skills while creating satisfying meals along the way. The approach feels thoughtful and educational without taking away from the enjoyment of cooking. It is the kind of book that can be revisited repeatedly as your abilities grow.

Whether you are still learning your way around the kitchen or simply want to sharpen your existing skills, this cookbook offers plenty of valuable inspiration. It combines practical instruction with recipes in a way that makes learning feel natural and enjoyable. A thoroughly worthwhile five-star cookbook for anyone serious about becoming a more capable and confident home cook.

[Dray · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a great instructional resource. I wish I had been gifted this book as a teen as it really contains a lot of know how in approaching most major cooking projects, along with delicious recipes. I like test kitchen, they are, in my view, the best "compendium" type books and combine a lot of testing for recipes, often sadly lacking in home cookbooks. Even if you know a fair amount about cooking, there are info bits and pieces that broaden your view. So...as M McLuhan remarked - it's a rare medium that's well done. This is one of them.

[Daunte Gaiter · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one was ok. If you have the cooking school's first issue, you should be fine. They just updated a few recipes and added more pictures to the book. There are more techniques that they teach you and they add more color to produce a vibrant feel to the reader. But really it's the exact same book.

[Jess B. B. Reading · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book should be given to every kid when they move out. It’s an amazing learning tool.

[Brad Theado · Rating 5 out of 5]

took a while to finish this one but it's good