Dinner Illustrated: 175 Meals Ready in 1 Hour or Less

by America's Test Kitchen (Editor)

Overview

Dinner Illustrated is a meal kit in book form, perfect for busy people who love to cook but are short on time and inspiration.

In a revolutionary new layout, each recipe appears as a visual walkthrough of preparing a complete meal, including any sides and salads. Yes, a complete meal, so there's no worrying about whether this will go with that. All in an hour or less. There's no advance prep required: Just gather your ingredients, pick up your knife, and follow the step-by-step photos until dinner is ready. You'll become a faster cook as we show you when to prepare each ingredient during the cooking process for maximum efficiency (this is the way many seasoned pros cook at home).

Break out of your dinner rut with 175 globally inspired ideas. Try the Za'atar Chicken with Pistachios, Brussels Sprouts, and Pomegranate; it achieves incredible flavor thanks to two popular Mediterranean seasonings. Or Garlicky Spaghetti with Basil and Broiled Tomatoes, a fresh update on aglio e olio, the classic Italian pantry dinner. To make this book even more helpful, we included nutritional information for recipes, and list the gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian options.

So open Dinner Illustrated on any busy weeknight and expand your repertoire of dinner standbys (and pocket the money you'd spend on meal kits or takeout).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781945256301
Publisher:	America's Test Kitchen
Publication date:	04/17/2018
Pages:	408
Sales rank:	420,402
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

About America’s Test Kitchen
America's Test Kitchen, based in a brand new state-of-the-art 60,000 sq. ft. facility with over 15,000 sq. ft. of test kitchens and studio space, in Boston's Seaport District, is dedicated to finding the very best recipes for home cooks. Over 50 full-time (admittedly obsessive) test cooks spend their days testing recipes 30, 40, up to 100 times, tweaking every variable until they understand how and why recipes work. They also test cookware and supermarket ingredients so viewers can bypass marketing hype and buy the best quality products. As the home of Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines, and publisher of more than one dozen cookbooks each year, America's Test Kitchen has earned the respect of the publishing industry, the culinary world, and millions of home cooks. America's Test Kitchen the television show launched in 2001, and the company added a second television program, Cook's Country, in 2008. Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.

Table of Contents

Welcome to America's Test Kitchen
Getting Started
Chapter 1: Dinner Salads
Chapter 2: Soups and Stews
Chapter 3: Beef, Pork, and Lamb
Chapter 4: Poultry
Chapter 5: Fish and Seafood
Chapter 6: Pasta and Noodles
Chapter 7: Vegetarian

Editorial Reviews

03/05/2018
This super-accessible cookbook helps busy home cooks prepare simple weeknight meals with recipes that feature step-by-step photo illustrations. With such dishes as ginger beef, ramen noodle soup, and pomegranate chicken accompanied by a warm farro salad, this book highlights over a dozen cuisines—including French, Italian, Mexican, Indian, and Nepalese—that will appeal to a wide range of eaters. The editors include a significant number of vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free recipes, such as quinoa taco salad, black bean and sweet potato tacos with avocado crema, and blackened snapper with sautéed spinach and black rice. As with ATK’s previous cookbooks, this book uses an educational approach by opening each recipe with a handful of helpful notes such as ingredient substitutions (“We like using Asian pear in this recipe for its bright crispness, but Bosc or Anjou pears will also work”) and informative cooking explanations (“Cooking the fish in a foil packet keeps it moist and allows it to pick up the flavors of whatever you add to the packet”). Photographs illustrate each of the steps for every recipe, indicating exactly how to prepare, cook, and plate each ingredient. With nutritional information, a list of pantry essentials, and ingredient prep tips, this book is an indispensable resource for busy home cooks. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

"This super-accessible cookbook helps busy home cooks prepare simple weeknight meals with recipes that feature step-by-step photo illustrations." - Publishers Weekly


"This new book from America's Test Kitchen teaches you how to make weeknight dinner—fast. Yes, lots of cookbooks have claimed to teach you just this very thing before, but America's Test Kitchen does it using a new way." - Emily Johnson, Epicurious

From the Publisher

06/15/2018
When you want to whip up a satisfying dinner in less than an hour, turn to this user-friendly collection from the editors at America's Test Kitchen. Formatted for maximum efficiency, it contains 175 recipes for complete meals that don't require separate sides (e.g., beet and carrot noodle salad with pan-seared chicken, chickpea and kale soup, Thai curry rice with cod). Concise ingredient lists that also work as shopping lists complement illustrated step-by-step instructions that are easy to read at a glance. Flavor-packed pantry items (e.g., kimchi, za'atar, tahini, harissa) keep dishes from feeling overly familiar. VERDICT This appetizing cookbook, which can help you plan dinner for a week, blends flavors of Christopher Kimball's Milk Street and Melissa Clark's Dinner with the practicality of Ree Drummond's The Pioneer Woman Cooks.

Library Journal