The New Best Recipe

by Cook's Illustrated (Editor)

Hardcover, 2004

Call number

641.5 C.I.

Publication

America’s Test Kitchen (2004), Edition: 2nd, 1000 pages

Description

Presents a collection of more than one thousand recipes along with cooking tutorials and opinons on equipment and ingredients--

User reviews

LibraryThing member mbach

My wife and I's favorite cookbook. The folks who put this book together tried various recipes until they found the "best" one for taste. This recipe was then deemed worthy and included. We have made many of the recipes have not been disappointed yet.

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LibraryThing member jontseng

A source of reliable recipes for American home standbys. Notable work on the importance brining meat before roasting.

LibraryThing member jfetting

I can't always afford the ingredients (let's make our meatloaf with veal!), but every single recipe I've tried from this book turned out perfectly*. The book contains the one "best" recipe for 1,000 foods. They explain the experimental process that resulted in the final recipe, so you can change

things around a little if the Cook's Illustrated preference differs from yours. I'm by no means an expert cook, and I found the recipes to be very doable.

In short: absolutely worth the money.

*one time I over-caramelized (read: burnt) the vegetables I was roasting to make ratatouille. This was my fault, not the cookbook's.

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LibraryThing member dianaleez

Cook's Illustrated brings out strong reactions in cooks - it's almost love it or hate it. Theirs is a more scientific rather than artistic approach to food. I find that their methods are excellent but their seasoning often lacks finesse. And to be honest, I'd be happier with more recipes and less

input about how they decided to do things a certain way.

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LibraryThing member BrianDewey

My go-to cookbook. Couldn't live without it.

LibraryThing member mhgatti

My go-to cookbook. Much more helpful than the Joy of Cooking.

LibraryThing member Count_Zero

There's a lot of overlap here with the other America's Test Kitchen cookbook I've read. Hopefully when the Cook's illustrated cookbook comes out, it'll have a bigger selection of new recipes. Still, the recipes that are here are certainly quality recipes, and I'd definitely consider the book to be

a worthwhile purchase.

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