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description: Coinciding with the airing of the TV show's fifth season The Complete Cook's Country TV Show Cookbook includes every recipe tasting and testing from all five seasons. With an average of 1.7 million viewers per week Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen has become one of the most popular cooking shows on public television. Filmed in a renovated 1806 farmhouse with a working test kitchen the TV show features the best of American home cooking with an emphasis on regional and heirloom fare as well as illuminating snapshots of America s culinary legacy.Cook along with Bridget Julia Erin and Chris through lively chapters including Fork-in-the-Road Favorites As Good as Grandma's Steakhouse Specials and Save Room for Pie as they share foolproof methods for making more than 200 great American recipes such Extra-Crunchy Fried Dredging buttermilk-brined chicken in a thick flour-buttermilk mixture makes for a substantially thick crust that clings to the meat.Whipped Avoid gluey mashed potatoes by steaming and then rinsing russets. After being whipped with a mixer the potatoes are guaranteed to turn out lush and velvety.Mile-high lemon Meringue A hot sugar syrup and cream of tartar help build a stable tall and fluffy meringue. For a filling with bright and tangy fresh citrus flavor use lemon juice and lemon zest (and strain out the zest to ensure a silky smooth filling).The Complete Cook's Country TV Show Cookbook also includes regional and heirloom gems such Moravian Chicken Not your average chicken pot pie this hearty double- crusted pie is packed to the brim with shredded chicken and served with a rich gravy.Baltimore Pit Move over everyday roast beef. Baltimore is known for its pit beef replete with a well-seasoned charred crust and a rosy pink interior. The meat is shaved paper thin piled onto a kaiser roll topped with a horseradish-y mayo known as tiger sauce and finally covered with sliced onions.Chocolate blackout This exceptionally moist chocolate cake made famous by Brooklyn's long-closed Ebinger's bakery is layered and iced with a thick chocolate pudding and covered with chocolate crumbs.For fans of Jack's taste tests and Adam's equipment segments the book features a comprehensive 48-page shopper's guide that includes not just the ingredient and equipment winners featured on the TV show but also dozens more from America's Test Kitchen. With this colorful companion to all five seasons of Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen you'll have all the TV show has to offer and more.
language: English
title: The Complete Cook's Country TV Show Cookbook: Every Recipe, Every Ingredient Testing, and Every Equipment Rating from the Hit TV Show
publisher: Boston Common Press