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Cover & Bake (Best Recipe) | 
| Creators: Cook's Illustrated Magazine, John Burgoyne, Carl Tremblay, Daniel J. Van Ackere
Publisher: America's Test Kitchen
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 11714
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 338
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 0936184809
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.82
EAN: 9780936184807
ASIN: 0936184809
Publication Date: September 30, 2004
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Condition: NEW. NO remainder markings. In a nice dj as well. Brand new book perfect inside and out. Purchase and help a youth pastor with three daughters.
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Product Description
With Cover & Bake, the editors at Cooks Illustrated set out to revive the venerable casserole. From Turkey Tetrazzini and Chicken Divan to Crab Imperial and Hoppin John, casserole cooking represents the ingenuity and practicality of the American cook. In Cover & Bake, the editors set out to investigate the old standards and in the process have re-imagined the art of the one-dish meal to meet the demands of todays cook. Here you will find classic assemble and bake casseroles like Macaroni and Cheese and Creamy Chicken and Rice as well as more inventive dishes like Mediterranean Chicken Bake and Polenta Casserole with Italian Sausage. Weve experimented with techniques that allow you to cook everything in just one pot where possible, avoiding the need for hours of preparation and clean up just to get a casserole in the oven. And nearly every recipe can be made ahead allowing busy cooks to serve these wholesome dishes on a busy weeknight. Looking beyond what most people consider to be a casserole, the editors offer a rather original take on the subject with inventive skillet "casseroles," slow cooker meals that are really worth serving, pot pies with multiple topping options (many of which you can make ahead), oven braises and stews that cook in a low oven for hours so you wont have to stand over a hot stove, and breakfast and brunch dishes that can be assembled the night before. In addition, this book contains all the relevant tastings and testings conducted in Americas Test Kitchen. Learn which casserole dish is our hands-down favorite. Are all storage containers created the same? Want to know which slow cooker has the best combination of features? In short, Cover & Bake is filled with 200 one-dish meals for everyday cooking. Weve made these casseroles a whole lot better tasting while making sure that what everyone loves about casseroles remains the fact that they are practical one-dish meals that require a minimum of fuss and last minute attention.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 So far so good August 26, 2008
I mainly bought this book to see what dishes I can make ahead of time and that doesn't require an inordinate amount of time. I can't say that the few recipes I've tried saved me any time, but they were not difficult to replicate. I tried two chicken slow cooker meals so far and both turned out delicious, even though I didn't have all the ingredients listed. I loved that it told me not to cook chicken in a slow cooker on high or for more than 3-4 hours (in the discussion about slow cookers). Both times the chicken came out moist and flavorful. The directions were easy and thorough...I'm hoping that with this book, my husband would join in the cooking and make me a meal some time. I would recommend this book based on the two recipes I've tried. I plan on trying out some more yummy recipes!
 Yummy May 9, 2008
My sister made me a dish from this cookbook that I loved so I just had to have the cookbook for myself. But I didn't realize how involved the recipes are :( I like simple recipes that don't require a huge list of ingredients or take hours to prepare. So this just wasn't the cookbook for me. It's just sitting on my shelf now. But the food is amazing!! So if you truly love to cook, it's wonderful for you :)
 Poorly organized book of unhealthy recipes December 17, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I had two major problems with this book. First is its organization. It's separated into chapters by theme: slow-cooker recipes, skillet recipes, etc. However, there's absolutely no table of contents showing the recipes in each chapter. Nor are the recipes organized one to a page or anything like that. This makes it absolutely impossible to browse. There's an index in the back, but since that's a comprehensive (rather than a recipe) index, it's also not useful for browsing. Other books in this series have full tables of contents; I don't know why they omitted it from this one.
The second problem is that many of these recipes are just stunningly high fat. Now, I understand this isn't a low-fat cookbook, and I wasn't expecting low-fat recipes. However, while they don't give nutritional information, many recipes are well over 100 grams of fat per serving. Heavy cream, butter, and eggs feature heavily in many of the dishes. Others use fatty meats without ever removing the rendered fat. For example, I calculated the amount of fat in the slow-cooker recipe "Asian Spiced Pork Ribs with Noodles." It serves 4-6; if you split it among 5 people, each would get 114 grams of fat!
There are a few recipe gems in here, especially the braised chicken recipes. And while I haven't tried them, I'm sure many of the very high-fat recipes taste great, since, as we all know, fat tastes good. But, overall, this book is a disappointment compared to Cook's Illustrated's usual standard.
 Poor format November 30, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In general I think the recipes are good. I have a big complaint about the format. I think it is bad cookbook design to have the ingredient list on the front of the page, and the instructions on the back of that page. You are forever flipping back and forth during cooking, so you can't use a cookbook holder, and will likely get your cookbook wet or stained from "cooking fingers". America's Test Kitchen obviously puts an enormous amount of thought into the creation and writing of their recipes. I hope they will put some more thought into book design next time.
Good recipes April 26, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have made several recipes from this book and they have been great and easy to follow. this is the first cookbook I own from Cook's Illustrated and I'm now adding one more to my collection.
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