The Skillet: 200+ Simpler Ways to Make Just About Anything, From Perfect Meals to Breads, Des serts, and More

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Once you start cooking from this book you will look at your skillets with fresh eyes. A skillet can be a baking dish, a roasting pan, a saucepan, a pasta pot, a griddle, and more. With this collection of one-pan dishes you have a roadmap for cooking perfect meals, breads, even dessert. Up Your Skillet IQ- Whether you're a nonstick superfan, a cast iron devotee, or exploring carbon steel, you'll learn the science behind each type so you can choose the best skillets (and sizes) for your cooking style and learn how to swap one for another. Streamlined Recipes Meet Superior Results- In just one pan, make Cheesy Stuffed Shells, Spanakopita, Tomato Cobbler, Herbed Roast Pork Loin with Asparagus, Chicken Under a Brick with Herb-Roasted Potatoes, French Toast Casserole, Sticky Buns, and Brownies. Beautiful Technique Spreads Hammer Home Key Strategies- These visual spreads bring to life core techniques like why you should start food in a cold pan with no oil when searing (sometimes), how to poach fish perfectly in a skillet, the keys to successful pan-roasting, and more. For-Two Variations Throughout- Cooking for a smaller household Dozens of variations help you scale down recipes one you've mastered the technique. With recipes using just one pan, this is the book to reach for on nights when less cleanup is a plus and fast recipes are ideal. The hardest-working pan in the kitchen gets its moment to shine. ATK pushes the limit what you can make in a skillet with 200+ recipes and inventive techniques that will forever change how you sear steak, roast chicken, simmer pasta, even scramble eggs. Once you start cooking from this book you will look at your skillets with fresh eyes. A skillet can be a baking dish, a roasting pan, a saucepan, a pasta pot, a griddle, and more. With this collection of one-pan dishes you have a roadmap for cooking perfect meals, breads, even dessert. Up Your Skillet IQ- Whether you're a nonstick superfan, a cast iron devotee, or exploring carbon steel, you'll learn the science behind each type so you can choose the best skillets (and sizes) for your cooking style and learn how to swap one for another. Streamlined Recipes Meet Superior Results- In just one pan, make Cheesy Stuffed Shells, Spanakopita, Tomato Cobbler, Herbed Roast Pork Loin with Asparagus, Chicken Under a Brick with Herb-Roasted Potatoes, French Toast Casserole, Sticky Buns, and Brownies. Beautiful Technique Spreads Hammer Home Key Strategies- These visual spreads bring to life core techniques like why you should start food in a cold pan with no oil when searing (sometimes), how to poach fish perfectly in a skillet, the keys to successful pan-roasting, and more. For-Two Variations Throughout- Cooking for a smaller household Dozens of variations help you scale down recipes one you've mastered the technique. With recipes using just one pan, this is the book to reach for on nights when less cleanup is a plus and fast recipes are ideal.

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America's Test Kitchen publishes award-winning cookbooks along with Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines and produces public television's top-rated shows, America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country. It is a very real 15,000-square-foot kitchen located in Boston's Seaport district and is home to more than 60 test cooks, editors, and tasting and testing experts.