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Episode Guide

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All-American Picnic
Learn to make super-crunchy fried chicken. Pair it with our classic potato salad, or with the potato chips that won our taste test of top brands.

Autumn Supper
Making pork roast is tricky. Which cut is best and how do you keep the meat moist? Our unique seven-hour recipe will change the way you think about the other white meat.

Barbecued Chicken
Grilled chicken with barbecue sauce seems simple. So why does this recipe often fail? Our unique method guarantees perfect results. Serve with our easy baked mac and cheese.

Beef Stew
Why is stew often tough and flavorless? We explore how to buy the right cut of meat, how to sear it for flavor, and how to cook it until tender.

California Grilling
Bridget Lancaster teaches Christopher Kimball how to cook a garlicky tri-tip roast on the grill. She also prepares California barbecued beans and Santa Maria-style salsa.

Cookie Jar Favorites
Everyone loves cookies, but it's not easy to make cookies at home that taste and look as good as a bakery-made cookies.

Cooking Eggs
Want to fry, scramble, boil, or poach an egg? Cover eggs while frying, use high heat for scrambling, never add eggs to boiling water, and use a skillet, not a saucepan, for poaching.

Crisps, Cobblers, and Gratins
The test kitchen team focuses on marrying a lightly sweetened fruit base to different toppings.

Diner Favorites
Enjoy a diner-style brunch at home with impossibly tall and fluffy omelets, crusty, deeply browned home fries, and the best store-bought orange juice as judged by our tasters.

Easy As Pie
Bridget Lancaster explains how to a make foolproof pie crust and then prepares an incredible raspberry chiffon pie. Jack Bishop searches for the best store-bought pie crust.

Feeding a Crowd, Italian-Style
Everyone loves Italian food. We share the secrets to making extraordinary meatballs and marinara and the perfect “Sunday gravy”—a slow-simmered sauce with several kinds of meat.

Forgotten Cakes
Join us as we re-create two classic cakes from the 1960s. Christopher Kimball shares tips for error-proof baking, and Jack Bishop reveals which milk chocolate won our taste tests.

Great Roast Chicken
Should you roast in a hot oven or a moderate oven? How do you get crisp skin and moist, tender breast meat? We answer these questions and more.

Holiday Pies
Make a foolproof pie crust that even a five-year-old could roll out. We also show you the secrets of pumpkin and pecan pies.

How to Cook Salmon
The America's Test Kitchen team cooks salmon in a saute pan, on a grill, and under a broiler, and we find that it takes 10 minutes or fewer to cook it right.

Midwestern Favorites
Learn to replicate fall-off-the-bone Chicago-style ribs and discover the secrets to Cincinnati’s unique chili. We’ll also reveal the winner of our cheddar cheese taste test.

Perfect Pork
Do your pork roasts and chops come out dry and tasteless? Here's how to cook tender, juicy pork using some simple kitchen tricks.

Regional Chops
Learn to grill double-thick chops and how to give them authentic smoke flavor. The test kitchen also perfects a recipe for whiskey-glazed pork chops.

Southern Regional Recipes
We share the test kitchen’s method for simplifying Lexington-style pulled pork, and explain how to make the perfect Memphis coleslaw—a barbecue-joint staple.

Steakhouse Favorites
Learn the technique for perfectly broiled steaks, and discover the secret to super-stuffed potatoes. Adam Ried tells us which steaks knives make the cut.

Stir Fry Made Easy
Throw out your wok! Stir-fries can be simple, quick, full of flavor, and, best of all, prepared without special equipment.

Sunday Dinner
Everyday foods like meat loaf and garlic mashed potatoes are popular for a reason; they're easy to make and they can taste great.

Sunday Dinner
Learn how to make an unforgettable garlic roast beef and mashed potato casserole. Christopher Kimball also reveals what you need to know to select the perfect cut of meat.

The Perfect All-Purpose Cake
Learn how to make a simple-as-boxed-cake recipe that's virtually foolproof. Then frost and decorate the cake with ease.

The Perfect Roast Turkey
The secret to really crispy, browned skin and moist, flavorful meat

Tomato Sauces for Pasta
America's Test Kitchen tackles tomato sauce.

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