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The sum total of exhaustive experimentationanyone interested in gluten-free cookery simply shouldnt be without it.
NIGELLA LAWSON ON THE HOW CAN IT BE GLUTEN-FREE COOKBOOK
This book is a comprehensive, no-nonsense guidea well-thought-out, clearly explained primer for every aspect of home baking.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ON THE COOKS ILLUSTRATED BAKING BOOK
An exceptional resource for novice canners, though preserving veterans will find plenty here to love as well.
LIBRARY JOURNAL (STARRED REVIEW) ON FOOLPROOF PRESERVING
A terrifically accessible and useful guide to grilling in all its forms that sets a new bar for its competitors on the bookshelf.The book is packed with practical advice, simple tips, and approachable recipes.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW) ON MASTER OF THE GRILL
The 21st-century Fannie Farmer Cookbook or The Joy of Cooking. If you had to have one cookbook and thats all you could have, this one would do it.
CBS SAN FRANCISCO ON THE NEW FAMILY COOKBOOK
This book upgrades slow cooking for discriminating, 21st-century palatesthat is indeed revolutionary.
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ON SLOW COOKER REVOLUTION
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ORLANDO SENTINEL ON THE COMPLETE COOKING FOR TWO COOKBOOK
Some 2,500 photos walk readers through 600 painstakingly tested recipes, leaving little room for error.
ASSOCIATED PRESS ON THE AMERICAS TEST KITCHEN COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK
A one-volume kitchen seminar, addressing in one smart chapter after another the sometimes surprising whys behind a cooks best practices.You get the myth, the theory, the science, and the proof, all rigorously interrogated as only Americas Test Kitchen can do.
NPR ON THE SCIENCE OF GOOD COOKING
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW) ON THE COOKS ILLUSTRATED MEAT BOOK
This encyclopedia of meat cookery would feel completely overwhelming if it werent so meticulously organized and artfully designed. This is Cooks Illustrated at its finest.
THE KITCHN ON THE COOKS ILLUSTRATED MEAT BOOK
Buy this gem for the foodie in your family, and spend the extra money to get yourself a copy too.
THE MISSOURIAN ON THE BEST OF AMERICAS TEST KITCHEN 2015
The perfect kitchen home companion.The practical side of things is very much on displaycook-friendly and kitchen-oriented, illuminating the process of preparing food instead of mystifying it.
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There are pasta booksand then theres this pasta book. Flip your carbohydrate dreams upside down and strain them through this sieve of revolutionary, creative, and also traditional recipes.
SAN FRANCISCO BOOK REVIEW ON PASTA REVOLUTION
Further proof that practice makes perfect, if not transcendent.If an intermediate cook follows the directions exactly, the results will be better than takeout or Moms.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Americas Test Kitchen (Firm), author.
Title: Bread illustrated : a step-by-step guide to achieving bakery-quality results at home / by the editors at Americas Test Kitchen.
Description: Brookline, MA : Americas Test Kitchen, [2016] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016016441 | ISBN: 978-1-940352-60-2 | Ebook ISBN: 978-1-940352-61-9
Subjects: LCSH: Bread. | LCGFT: Cookbooks.
Classification: LCC TX769 .B77274 2016 | DDC 641.81/5--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016016441
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