America’s Test Kitchen Host, Christopher Kimball
One of my favorite television cooking shows is America’s Test Kitchen on PBS. The show, in its eight season, is not only the most watched cooking show on PBS, but also very informative and instructive. Plus it lacks all the personalities and “bam” of the other cooking shows.
The test kitchen chefs select a couple dishes to perfect, then try dozens, and sometimes over a hundred versions of the dish until its perfect, easy for the home cook and as easy as possible.
The resident chefs show step-by-step instructions making recreating their dishes simple and stress free.
The show also tests cooking equipment and gadgets, and has a food tasting segment where supermarket foods are rated after being tested by a panel of tasters.
The show’s host, Christopher Kimball is also the publisher of a great hands-on and mostly advertising-free cooking magazine, Cook’s Illustrated and recently launched a second publication, Cook’s Country Magazine.
Kimball is hitting the road to promote his new cookbooks, The America’s Test Kitchen Family Baking Book and The Cook’s Country Cookbook.
Christopher Kimball of America’s Test Kitchen
Friendship Heights Village Community Center
4433 S. Park Avenue
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 (map it)
Date and Time – Thursday, November 13, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Tickets – Free, but reservations are required by calling 301-656-2797
Nearest Metro Subway Station – Friendship Heights – Red line, then a 4-block walk.
Parking – Limited free street parking, with paid parking at the mall across the street.
Image – Flickr – Kimball
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