- Paperback: 403 pages
- Publisher: Popular Cookbk; 1 edition (Feb 1 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0936184655
- ISBN-13: 978-0936184654
- Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 17 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 708 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #165,313 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
Restart a charcoal grill with a hairdryer. Use chopsticks to dry wine glasses spot-freet. Peel a kiwi with a dessert spoon. Skewer cheese cubes using pretzel sticks. Leak-proof an ice cream cone with marshmallows.
The Best Kitchen Quick Tips combines 10 years' worth of favourite tricks, techniques, and shortcuts -- 534 in all, each illustrated -- from Cook's Illustrated's highly popular Quick Tips column. From the simple to the surprising, this collection will help you become a faster, smarter, better cook.
About the Author
Cook's Illustrated, Home of America's Test Kitchen producesthe very popular America's Test Kitchen Public Television series that is seen inboth the US and Canada by over 1 million viewers. Additionally, it is associatedwith Cooks Illustrated Magazine, a leading and highly respected foodpublication that is available throughout Canada.
Cook's Illustrated and America's Test Kitchen titles includingThe New Best Recipe - revised and expanded from the classic, The BestRecipe, which has sold over 350,000 copies, companions to the America's TestKitchen Public Television series, and many other bestselling and award-winningcookbooks such as Baking Illustrated, Cover and Bake and TheBest Kitchen Quick Tips.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
If You Cook - You Need This Book,
By Westley (Stuck in my head) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Best Kitchen Quick Tips (Paperback)
The editors of Cook's Illustrated magazine have compiled some of the most inventive kitchen tips published in Cook's over the last decade. Regular readers of the magazine will recognize the Quick Tips from the corresponding feature, which features ideas submitted by Cook's readers. The 534 tips, techniques, and shortcuts are presented in alphabetical order, from almond paste (how to soften it) to zucchini (seeding it). So, finding the tip you need is effortless. The tips run the gamut from food preparation (removing corn kernels from the cob) to clean-up (removing silverware from the dishwasher easily) to ingredient selection (distinguishing hard- from soft-shelled lobsters) to grilling (oiling the cooking grate) to food storage (freezing meat) and everything in between. Each tip is illustrated in one or more hand-drawn, straight-forward diagrams, making implementation simple. Although some of the tips are somewhat obvious, most are ingenious and will truly help you prepare food in an easier and more efficient manner. Most highly recommended.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Don't buy it if you have others books of ATK,
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This review is from: Best Kitchen Quick Tips (Paperback)
It is a good book, but if you have more than 2 others book of ATK(america test kithchen or Cook), don't buy it because there is nothing new in that book. I like ATK's book (a have 9), but I was disappointed by this one.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews) 116 of 120 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
If You Cook - You Need This Book,
By Westley - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Best Kitchen Quick Tips (Paperback)
The editors of Cook's Illustrated magazine have compiled some of the most inventive kitchen tips published in Cook's over the last decade. Regular readers of the magazine will recognize the Quick Tips from the corresponding feature, which features ideas submitted by Cook's readers. The 534 tips, techniques, and shortcuts are presented in alphabetical order, from almond paste (how to soften it) to zucchini (seeding it). So, finding the tip you need is effortless. The tips run the gamut from food preparation (removing corn kernels from the cob) to clean-up (removing silverware from the dishwasher easily) to ingredient selection (distinguishing hard- from soft-shelled lobsters) to grilling (oiling the cooking grate) to food storage (freezing meat) and everything in between. Each tip is illustrated in one or more hand-drawn, straight-forward diagrams, making implementation simple. Although some of the tips are somewhat obvious, most are ingenious and will truly help you prepare food in an easier and more efficient manner. Most highly recommended. 68 of 71 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good but there are better books out there,
By Emily Dellas "chef/cooking teacher" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Best Kitchen Quick Tips (Paperback)
While this book certainly has a few tips that are good to learn, there are better books out there. With an eye-catching cover and interface, I thought this book was great at first blush but upon really trying to use it more, the tips are annoyingly obvious and things that you would figure out how to do without direction (ex. freezing lemon slices for drinks- slice as you would and stick in the freezer; keep batter from splattering out of an electric mixer- cover the mixer with a towel). Especially if you have other works from the Christopher Kimball/America's Test Kitchen oeuvre, this book will simply feel repetitive. A much better (more informative, better laid out, and truly interesting) book is David Joachim's Brilliant Food Tips and Cooking Tricks.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful for the beginner,
By Barbara L. Pinzka "Book Friend" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Best Kitchen Quick Tips (Paperback)
The tricks and tips described in this book are probably known to any cook with a few pots and pans under her/his belt. Nevertheless, the book did remind me of a few old favorites. I'd give it to a young person embarking on adulthood but not to anyone who has cooked, while paying attention, for more than a few years. One positive - the tips are explained, which helps a person retain the knowledge -- and the writing and illustrations are good, for the most part.
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