Barbecuing a big beef roast until it’s smoky and pull-apart tender sounds like a great idea, but dry, bland meat isn’t much reward for a day’s worth of cooking. Could we find a better—and faster—way?
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 Wooden Spoons
Is there any real difference between one wooden spoon and another? In a word: yes. We used 10 models to brown 10 batches of beef and stir pots of thick vegetable curry. Then we tried bending them, exerting just a little pressure.
WATCH Cook's Country TV!
Cook's Country From America's Test Kitchen takes you inside the test kitchen of Cook's Country magazine to discover the best American home cooking. Join us every week as we bring the pages of Cook's Country magazine into your home. Click here to learn more about our show and to find out when episodes of Cook's Country are airing in your area.
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.
We've created a Cook's Country forum for you to post your recipe requests and help other members locate lost treasures. Click here to learn more.
GREAT AMERICAN CAKE Grasshopper Ice Cream Cake
Ice cream cakes are a welcome summer treat, but more often than not they come from a store and are more disappointment than showstopper. We wanted a homemade ice cream cake that looked as good as it tasted.
MENU Light Salmon Supper
In many parts of the country, salmon is one of the few fish that is readily available and reasonably priced. It's versatile enough to be cooked in numerous ways and one of our favorites is searing. It's fast, and gives the oily fish a crisp crust in the pan's high heat. Could we sear salmon fillets and make a quick, unique pan sauce in the same pan?
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.
