Our hands-down favorite dish for leftover grilled chicken is pasta salad. The starchy, tender pasta absorbs the chicken’s flavor and provides the perfect textural foil to the chewy meat. So what’s the best way to prepare pasta salad and what ingredients best support the chicken’s flavor?
Lost Recipes Contest—Win $25,000!
Think you have a recipe in your grandmother's recipe box that might be worth $25,000? The editors of Cook's Country are looking for great family heirloom recipes with a story to tell. The test kitchen will choose the very best recipes and stories to include in a forthcoming book to be published in Fall 2011. In addition to the $25,000 grand prize winner, four additional winners will each receive $1,000, and all winners will be profiled in Cook's Country magazine.
For terms and conditions and to submit your entry click here.
America's Test Kitchen Teams up with Nintendo
The test kitchen has partnered with Nintendo to create America’s Test Kitchen: Let’s Get Cooking for the Nintendo DSTM family of portable game systems, featuring 300 foolproof recipes for any occasion with voice-activated instructions that leave your hands free for cooking. To see how the software works, or to find links to retailers selling it, go to ATKgame.com.
EQUIPMENT Tongs
Are the new design features on some tongs more than just gimmicks? We tested 11 pairs to see if it was possible to improve on this kitchen workhorse.
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WANTED Recipe Testers
If you're interested in joining a select group of volunteers who help test our recipes before they appear in print, please click here to find out more and register as a recipe tester for Cook's Country magazine.
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GREAT AMERICAN CAKE Tiramisu Ice Cream Cake
Our version of the classic Italian trifle fills a ring of coffee-soaked ladyfingers with coffee-chip ice cream and crowns it with whipped cream enriched by mascarpone cheese. Topped with a light dusting of cocoa, this frozen cake is as elegant as it is easy to assemble.
MENU Labor Day Cookout
Hamburgers are easily one of America’s most popular foods and the true test of a grill cook. A great grilled burger is well browned on the exterior and juicy and tender on the inside. But they rarely turn out that way. We wanted the ultimate no-holds-barred burger that would make a perfect centerpiece to a Labor Day menu.
COOK'S COUNTRY EXTRAS Spicy Home Fry Grilled Hobo Potato Packs
Merely wrapping a handful of potatoes in foil and tossing the packet on the grill will leave you with potatoes that are burnt on the outside and undercooked in the middle. We wanted thoroughly cooked potatoes that were deeply flavored by the seasonings and the fire. To see the complete Cook's Extras archive, click here.
KITCHEN SHORTCUTS
We’re currently planning our upcoming issues of Cook's Country and are looking for your kitchen shortcuts to share with other readers. If we publish your shortcut, you’ll receive a one-year subscription to Cook's Country. To submit your kitchen shortcut, click here.
