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Season to Taste: An Interview with Molly Birnbaum

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This week on America’s Test Kitchen Radio, host Christopher Kimball interviews Molly Birnbaum. Birnbaum is the author of Season to Taste, a book about how she lost her sense of smell, and an editor at America’s Test Kitchen. We’ll be tasting lemon juice substitutes, and we’ll find out what’s hot and what’s not in the world of kitchen gadgets. Then we’ll travel back in time to discover the origins of lemon icebox cheesecake, and we’ll determine how to make the best scrambled eggs. And of course we’ll be taking your calls to answer all of your cooking questions.

Listen to Episode 1: Season To Taste (Air date: 01/07/12)
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From this Episode:

Lemon Icebox Cheesecake

Load up on lemon juice and you’re guaranteed powerful flavor. Or are you?

 

Perfect Scrambled Eggs

The classic approach will never give you tender scambled eggs with big, pillowy curds. But acheiving that goal takes more than just turning up the heat.

 

Mandolines

Long the domain of chefs churning out precision-cut produce, mandolines are increasingly targeted toward the home cook. But does this specialty slicer really give you an edge?

About the Author: America's Test Kitchen

We're the cooks, editors, and cookware specialists at America's Test Kitchen, a very real 2,500-square-foot kitchen located just outside Boston. Our mission is to find the very best recipes, ingredients, and kitchen equipment—we do the testing so you don't have to. Find us on our blog, public television, radio, or our many books and magazine publications. Go behind the scenes with us in the kitchen on twitter (@TestKitchen) and on Facebook.

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