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Here?s great news for cooks who love creating fabulous meals with fewer calories and far less fat. Now, from the world?s largest epicurean magazine comes its biggest collection of gourmet-inspired, easy-to-prepare, and health-conscious recipes ever. Spanning 17 years, The Best of Cooking Light features more than 500 of the editors? hand-picked favorites.

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Frustrated by wasting food you just can’t eat or ingredients you can’t use up? Tired of trying to figure out how to scale down a recipe so it doesn’t serve an army?

For this innovative cookbook, the editors and cooks at America’s Test Kitchen thought big but cooked small. We revamped our best recipes from the year to serve two. You’ll find everything from simple weeknight fare to special occasion dinners to salads, soups, sides and desserts. Birthday cake for two? We’ve got you covered!

A great gift for empty nesters, newlyweds, single people, young families (because new moms & dads are sick of eating mac-n-cheese) and more. Cooking for Two includes our guaranteed and much-loved equipment recommendations, Notes from the Test Kitchen feature, and ingredient ratings. The Smart Shopper’s Guide in the front of the book instructs your grocery shopping and meal planning by helping you make the most of ingredients.

Product Description

Frustrated by wasting food you just can’t eat or ingredients you can’t use up? Tired of trying to figure out how to scale down a recipe so it doesn’t serve an army?

For this innovative cookbook, the editors and cooks at America’s Test Kitchen thought big but cooked small. We revamped our best recipes from the year to serve two. You’ll find everything from simple weeknight fare to special occasion dinners to salads, soups, sides and desserts. Birthday cake for two? We’ve got you covered!

A great gift for empty nesters, newlyweds, single people, young families (because new moms & dads are sick of eating mac-n-cheese) and more. Cooking for Two includes our guaranteed and much-loved equipment recommendations, Notes from the Test Kitchen feature, and ingredient ratings. The Smart Shopper’s Guide in the front of the book instructs your grocery shopping and meal planning by helping you make the most of ingredients.

From Publishers Weekly

A literal encyclopedia of recipes (culled from the magazine), this revision to Cook’s Illustrated’s popular The Best Recipe is almost double in size and includes more than 1,000 recipes. Cook’s Illustrated is known for careful (some would say compulsive) testing of recipes with a focus on foolproof technique; detailed line drawings that take readers step-by-step through recipes; and opinionated guides that assert that their way is the best way. This methodology appeals particularly to a specific kind of cook, one with a primarily scientific rather than artistic or intuitive approach to cooking. Though there are a few photographs, readers who buy cookbooks for full-color photographs and personal anecdotes aren’t likely to be drawn to this work. Twenty-two chapters cover appetizers to desserts. Even the simplest tasks, such as blanching vegetables or peeling an egg, are explained and illustrated in detail. More involved techniques include brining poultry and roasting a turkey. Pad Thai gets a full-page description with photographs to help home cooks learn how to properly soak the noodles. Well organized and extremely clear, the book has only one drawback: its heft may make it tough to hoist onto kitchen counters.
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Review

“. . . .will please those who groove to the cooking geek sensibility of CI editor Christopher Kimball.” — People Magazine, Novembe 12, 2004

“Its charm is its over-the-top thoroughness.” — Newsweek Magazine, Decmeber 6, 2004

“This new edition (The New Best Recipe) means business.” — The New York Times Book Review, November 5, 2004

“the book’s recipes…you don’t need to be a gourmet to pull them off.” — San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 13, 2004

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Product Description

Frustrated by wasting food you just can’t eat or ingredients you can’t use up? Tired of trying to figure out how to scale down a recipe so it doesn’t serve an army?

For this innovative cookbook, the editors and cooks at America’s Test Kitchen thought big but cooked small. We revamped our best recipes from the year to serve two. You’ll find everything from simple weeknight fare to special occasion dinners to salads, soups, sides and desserts. Birthday cake for two? We’ve got you covered!

A great gift for empty nesters, newlyweds, single people, young families (because new moms & dads are sick of eating mac-n-cheese) and more. Cooking for Two includes our guaranteed and much-loved equipment recommendations, Notes from the Test Kitchen feature, and ingredient ratings. The Smart Shopper’s Guide in the front of the book instructs your grocery shopping and meal planning by helping you make the most of ingredients.