America's test kitchen Season fourteen Season fourteen /

DVD - 2014

Join Christopher Kimball and the cast of America's Test Kitchen to learn the basics of great home cooking. Learn recipes that will work the first time you try them, thanks to the dozens of test cooks who develop, refine, and test recipes again and again until they arrive at the very best versions. Learning to become a better cook has never been this foolproof or fun!

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Subjects
Genres
Television cooking shows
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution [2014]
Language
English
Corporate Author
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Corporate Author
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (production company)
Item Description
All 26 episodes of Season 14, originally broadcast in 2014.
Special features: printable versions (PDFs) of all 52 recipes.
Physical Description
4 v. (1 videodisc per volume) (approximately 780 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; widescreen ; stereo.
Audience
Not rated.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Jan Maliszewski ; editors, Timothy Auld, Poz Lang, Herb Sevush, Benjamin Wright ; music John Lawrence, Power of 2 Music.
ISBN
9781627890359
  • Disc 1 (approximately 210 min.) Meat and potatoes with panache
  • A fancy finale
  • Three ways with eggs
  • A modern take on pizza and grilled cheese
  • French-style dutch oven dinners
  • From an Italian bakery
  • Salmon and latkes
  • Disc 2 (approximately 180 min.). Classic Italian fare
  • Revisiting Julia Child's roast turkey
  • Decadent desserts
  • Special-occasion roasts
  • Let's start with soup
  • It's pasta night!
  • Disc 3 (approximately 210 min.). Oatmeal muffins and granola
  • Hearty Spanish and Italian soups, revamped
  • Great American sandwiches
  • At the seafood counter
  • Elegant brunch favorites
  • Spiced-up Cuban cuisine
  • Best barbecued chicken and cornbread
  • Disc 4 (approximately 180 min.). Easy summer supper
  • Quick and easy rib dinner
  • Summertime desserts
  • Grilled and glazed
  • Grilling goes international
  • Sweet American classics.
Review by Library Journal Review

Offering 26 episodes from the long-running PBS television series, this set covers an intriguing variety of recipes ranging from the simple (perfectly cooked soft-boiled and fried eggs) to the more involved (a berry trifle requiring multiple components and assembly). Host Christopher Kimball and his regular staff guide viewers carefully, ensuring that the science behind each step is clear but not overwhelming in detail. Interspersed throughout are test reports on kitchen tools and foodstuffs or responses from Kimball to viewer letters. The presentation is occasionally stiff and oddly staged (Why is there no interaction with all those cooking in the background?), and the methodical approach to a "perfect" iteration of each dish strips some joy and spontaneity from the kitchen. Inclusion of PDFs of recipes is a welcome extra. VERDICT All in all, the personalities on screen are relatable, and viewers are certain to glean helpful techniques to try. Recommended for any collection where home cooking is popular.-Peter Hepburn, Coll. of the Canyons Lib., Santa Clarita, CA (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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