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Learn to COOK - Cover & Bake (Best Recipe)
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Manufacturer: America's Test Kitchen
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.82
EAN: 9780936184807
ISBN: 0936184809
Label: America's Test Kitchen
Manufacturer: America's Test Kitchen
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 338
Publication Date: 2004-09-30
Publisher: America's Test Kitchen
Studio: America's Test Kitchen
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An authoritative guide to one-dish comfort food classics. Features one-pot and one-dish main course favorites to substantial vegetable and grain casseroles.
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Summary: So far so good
Comment: I mainly bought this book to see what dishes I can make ahead of time and that doesn't require an inordinate amount of time. I can't say that the few recipes I've tried saved me any time, but they were not difficult to replicate. I tried two chicken slow cooker meals so far and both turned out delicious, even though I didn't have all the ingredients listed. I loved that it told me not to cook chicken in a slow cooker on high or for more than 3-4 hours (in the discussion about slow cookers). Both times the chicken came out moist and flavorful. The directions were easy and thorough...I'm hoping that with this book, my husband would join in the cooking and make me a meal some time. I would recommend this book based on the two recipes I've tried. I plan on trying out some more yummy recipes!
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Summary: Yummy
Comment: My sister made me a dish from this cookbook that I loved so I just had to have the cookbook for myself. But I didn't realize how involved the recipes are :( I like simple recipes that don't require a huge list of ingredients or take hours to prepare. So this just wasn't the cookbook for me. It's just sitting on my shelf now. But the food is amazing!! So if you truly love to cook, it's wonderful for you :)
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Summary: Poorly organized book of unhealthy recipes
Comment: I had two major problems with this book. First is its organization. It's separated into chapters by theme: slow-cooker recipes, skillet recipes, etc. However, there's absolutely no table of contents showing the recipes in each chapter. Nor are the recipes organized one to a page or anything like that. This makes it absolutely impossible to browse. There's an index in the back, but since that's a comprehensive (rather than a recipe) index, it's also not useful for browsing. Other books in this series have full tables of contents; I don't know why they omitted it from this one.
The second problem is that many of these recipes are just stunningly high fat. Now, I understand this isn't a low-fat cookbook, and I wasn't expecting low-fat recipes. However, while they don't give nutritional information, many recipes are well over 100 grams of fat per serving. Heavy cream, butter, and eggs feature heavily in many of the dishes. Others use fatty meats without ever removing the rendered fat. For example, I calculated the amount of fat in the slow-cooker recipe "Asian Spiced Pork Ribs with Noodles." It serves 4-6; if you split it among 5 people, each would get 114 grams of fat!
There are a few recipe gems in here, especially the braised chicken recipes. And while I haven't tried them, I'm sure many of the very high-fat recipes taste great, since, as we all know, fat tastes good. But, overall, this book is a disappointment compared to Cook's Illustrated's usual standard.
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Summary: Poor format
Comment: In general I think the recipes are good. I have a big complaint about the format. I think it is bad cookbook design to have the ingredient list on the front of the page, and the instructions on the back of that page. You are forever flipping back and forth during cooking, so you can't use a cookbook holder, and will likely get your cookbook wet or stained from "cooking fingers". America's Test Kitchen obviously puts an enormous amount of thought into the creation and writing of their recipes. I hope they will put some more thought into book design next time.
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Summary: Good recipes
Comment: I have made several recipes from this book and they have been great and easy to follow. this is the first cookbook I own from Cook's Illustrated and I'm now adding one more to my collection.
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