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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Burgoyne, John (Illustrator), illustrator. | Americas Test Kitchen (Firm)

Title: Kitchen smarts : questions and answers to boost your cooking IQ / the editors at Americas Test Kitchen ; illustrations by John Burgoyne.

Description: Boston, MA : Americas Test Kitchen, [2017] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017021876 | ISBN 9781940352718 (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Cooking--Technique. | Cooking.

Classification: LCC TX651 .K58 2017 | DDC 641.5--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017021876

Ebook ISBN9781940352725

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Jack Bishop

Editorial Director, Books

Elizabeth Carduff

Executive Editor

Adam Kowit

Project Editor

Rachel Greenhaus

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Alyssa Langer

Design Director, Books

Carole Goodman

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John Burgoyne

Cover Illustration

Michael Klein

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Contents

Kitchen Mythbusters
What If Grandma Was Wrong?