Best Baking Recipes: America’s Test Kitchen
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America’s Test Kitchen: Best Baking Recipes collection includes independent, objective reviews of indispensable kitchen equipment such as food processors and torches, as well as recommendations for supermarket staples from unsweetened chocolate to brownie mix. With advice from Americas Test Kitchen, youll never have to waste money on gadgets that dont work and youll maximize your budget when grocery shopping.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
Item model number : 3349805
Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC
Run time : 1 hour and 55 minutes
Release date : February 5, 2008
Studio : PBS
ASIN : B000Z27HS6
Number of discs : 1
Kevin Laine –
Wasn’t a fan at first but I Love the show!!
ya know I didn’t like this show or the people in it. Then 1 day recently they were doing a review a wisk and it caught my attention. I am now a Huge fan. The way things are broken down is awesome, and they are so “at home” I am now in process of purchasing prior years so I can catch up to the “2014”‘s :)…. I am now a fan
John Schultz –
About 4 episodes worth of content.
This is not a must have DVD. It covers 9 recipes. Summer fruit tart, deep dish apple pie, classic white layer cake, chocolate mousse cake, corn muffins w/variations, creme brulee, classic brownies, spritz cookies, and molasses spice cookies.We got this for the creme brulee recipe. and it looks great. We will try it soon and know it will come out fine because everything we have done from America’s test kitchen does.So it comes down to, are 9 recipes worth 11-18 dollars? Unless you need constant instruction every time you cook something, We don’t think so.Most of these recipes are available on their website or their subscription cooksillustrated website. not to mention their myriad volumes of cook books.The equipment reviews seem to be pointless for a DVD. In 10 years none of the products will exist.The printable recipes from your computer worked just fine from my OSX machine. which are all accessible through a HTML file that navigates well. Acrobat required to view/print recipes.Bottom line. If they supplied more recipe content unique to the DVD and eliminated the pointless equipment reviews. this would have been a better product.If you can get it from the other sellers for less than 5 bucks get it. But Its not worth 20
Roshan Anchery –
Instructional
As expected and excellent as always. Though could pack in some more recipes to justify the title and cost.The reviews are good.
LS –
Great! Delivered on time
Great!Delivered on time.
The Rebecca Review –
A Really Funny and Enjoyable Cooking Show
The first book I ever reviewed at Amazon was Cook’s Illustrated’s The Best Recipe. That book taught me how to write recipes. I didn’t know that years later Christopher Kimball would have his own cooking show and that it would be the funniest cooking show I’d ever seen. Since I don’t have cable TV or watch any regular TV either I just discovered these DVDs at Netflix. Call me old-fashioned but some things are worth the wait. I’m also at the place in my life where I have a Cuisinart Food processor and a Kitchen Aid Mixer. I’ve been using them and feeling like a chef. When watching this DVD I realized that pretty much every recipe requires either a food processor or mixer. So technically I would not have been able to make any of these recipes without them.The recipes themselves? Well they are very precise. Everything seems based on science. The science of good cooking that is. You will learn a lot about technique, but even more importantly you will learn the exact brand of chocolate to use in your baking. Duplicating the recipe? That may take some effort. The test kitchen had all the supplies on hand. You may need to shop for an icing spreader or a specific cake baking pan. When they tell you which items to buy that is a good time to take notes! I have a few things I need to buy. So don’t worry, you can find pretty much everything at amazon and have it in your possession in a matter of days.The recipes on this DVD are also printable if you put the DVD into your computer.What I liked most about these cooking classes was the quick tips, the equipment recommendations and the food facts. Who knew all the uses for allspice? I also liked that the chefs used whisks a lot. I do that. If you have spent almost forty years in various kitchens you’ve probably organically picked up a lot of these ideas. But for new cooks all the shortcuts will be a revelation.Their apple pie is however far too complicated to make. Precooking the apples takes a lot of effort. I’ll stick with my grandmother’s recipe that uses a lot more spices. They really skimp on cinnamon.While the cooks seem to bake with a lot of care they do seem a bit in a hurry. I suppose time is money but I like cooking at a more leisurely pace.Some of the recipes featured on this DVD include: White cake, apple pie, molasses spice cookies, corn muffins, chocolate mousse cake, creme brulee, brownies and spritz cookies.From Cook’s Illustrated magazine I always got the impression that Christopher Kimball was a serious guy who did a lot of difficult research. On this DVD he is laugh-out-loud funny. His chemistry with the chefs/cooking testers is unbelievably good. I seriously have never enjoyed a cooking show more.~The Rebecca Review
ksbouver –
Three Stars
All very old episodes but still good.
roseanna banana –
He said he enjoyed it.
This was bought as a gift. He said he enjoyed it.
L. Moore –
American test kitcen
If you want to learn to cook it right the video is for you. Good learning tool..