The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

heated to 400°F in a wok or Dutch oven until golden brown and crisp, about 2½ minutes. SERVES 4 1½ p ...

Allow to sit for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, add the oil to a rimmed baking sheet and place it in the ...

__ And do you really want to have to consider the havoc that could be wreaked on your waistline if you ...

‡ Although, yep, bath soaps do contain chemical soaps in addition to lathering agents, fragrances, exfol ...

way. You can find it in his book In Search of Perfection, from the BBC series of the same name. It’s ...

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Believe it or not, this unreasonably large book started as a very manageably sized book ...

control over our holiday menus, but I’d like to apologize for monopolizing the kitchen year after year in ...

the first to edit my words, the first to offer opinions on layout and design, and the first to tell ...

Cook’s Illustrated and America’s Test Kitchen for giving me my first schooling in the world of recipe developme ...

advocacy for the public. I’d like to thank my editor, Maria Guarnaschelli, who, despite her fearsome reputa ...

INDEX Page numbers listed correspond to the print edition of this book. You can use your device’s search funct ...

Cheesy Chili Mac, 725, 725–26 Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese, 744, 744, 745 Classic Diner-Style Smashed C ...

-Parmesan Dressing, Walnuts, and Apples, Winter Greens Salad with, 810, 810–11 preparing, for chopped salads, 83 ...

793 and Walnut Pesto, 710 Asiago cheese, flavor of, and best uses for, 718–19 Asparagus about, 426–27 Braised, ...

Chopped Ranch Cobb Salad, 841–42 preparing, for chopped salads, 834 Bacon best cooking methods, 131–32 Braised Stri ...

“double-acting,” experiment on, 147 homemade substitute for, 149 leavening properties, 145, 145, 149 origins ...

Tempura-style, 864, 901 Bean(s). See also Green Bean(s) The Best Short Rib Chili with, 259, 259–60 Black ...

Bean sprouts Spicy Thai-Style Flank Steak Salad, 344, 344 Béarnaise Sauce about, 321 Foolproof, 322 Beef. S ...

muscle pigments in, 286 “Natural” label, 287 “Naturally Raised” label, 287 omega-3 fatty acids in, 287 “Organic” ...

Marinade, 345, 345 Grilled Marinated Short Ribs with Chimichurri, 346, 346 Grilled or Pan-Roasted Hot Do ...