Product Description

More than twenty-five years of cooking expertise perfected in the unique Test Kitchen and printed in the food pages of magazine are distilled in this magnificent and completely new cookbook. The Test Kitchen guarantee Tested till perfect has assured a loyal following among cooks who know that Test Kitchen recipes guarantee success. Beautifully produced with a 2-colour interior and 2 eight-page photo inserts, the book contains more than 350 recipes, including regional specialties, dishes from our heritage communities, and fresh takes on modern classics such as sushi, chocolate fondue and pasta. Experienced cooks will enjoy the challenge of new inspirations such as Thai curries, pot stickers, grilled quail and chocolate confections. With an emphasis on eating for health, as well as nutritional analyses and advice, tips on cookware, food shopping and storage, and much more, has everything any home cook will need. It is a guarantee of good food and an investment in good taste and good health.

Over 350 tested till perfect recipes

Information on choosing and storing fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry and fish

Find how to select the right cooking equipment for your kitchen

Tips on shopping, storage and ingredient substitutions

Glossary of essential cooking and baking terms

Advice on how to use slow cookers, bread machines and food processors

Page-top symbols that pinpoint fast, make-ahead, freezable, budget-wise and Canadian Living classic recipes

Streamlined recipes for easy preparation and clean-up

Complete nutritional analysis for each recipe

Cover the basics and challenges experienced cooks

Highlights regional specialties and ingredients, dishes from our heritage communities and great cooks across the country

Tested till Perfect The Test Kitchen

The Test Kitchen is the largest media test kitchen in Canada, testing and/or creating more than 500 recipes per year. Sensory evaluation takes place after each recipe is cooked. The challenge for the tester is not simply whether the dish tastes good but how its taste, appearance, healthfulness and method of preparation can be improved so that it will be the best it can possibly be. The recipe is deemed to be Tested till Perfect when it satisfies the high standards of the magazine. Canadians have learned to trust recipes because of the rigorous testing and editing process.

A sampling of delicious recipes:

Curried Lamb Phyllo Triangles

Baked Brie with Strawberry Mint Topping

Baby Spinach and Goat Cheese Salad

Red Barn Corn and Bean Salad

Perfect Roast Chicken

Salmon Cakes

Grilled Portobello Burgers

Old-fashioned Beef Stew

Luscious Mushroom Lasagna

Lemon Sponge Pudding

Chocolate Raspberry Ice-Cream Cake

Saskatoon Berry Pie

Apple Pie Muffins

Country Seed Bread

Pear and Apricot Conserve

Spicy Thai Shrimp and Noodle Soup

Asparagus Miso Soup

Glazed Sea Bass with Red Curry Sauce

Smoky Tex-Mex Rib