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The Truth Behind Expert Wine Tastings

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This week on America’s Test Kitchen Radio, we investigate how experts taste wine, and we consider the power of persuasion when it comes to choosing a great bottle. We’ll be tasting vanilla, 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 chiffon cake, and we’ll determine how to make the best simple roast chicken. And of course we’ll be taking your calls to answer all of your cooking questions..

Listen to Episode 2: Blind Wine (Air date: 01/14/12)

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From this Episode:

Fluffy Biscuits

Biscuits can be soft and fluffy or flaky and high-rising. Each type requires surprisingly different ingredients and techniques.

 

Chiffon Cake

It was billed as the “cake discovery of the century” In the late 1940′s. Can chiffon cake still stand up to the hype?

 

Wine Aerators

Do these devices deliver on their promise to improve the flavor of wine? We tested five to find out.

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