Available October 2012 • 386 pages • 106 recipes • 800 color photos
Homecooking redefined for the DIY generation. Order your copy on Amazon.
With a good recipe guiding the way, homemade is always better. So why should today’s home cooks stop at dinner? In this groundbreaking new cookbook from America’s Test Kitchen, our editors and test cooks walk home cooks step-by-step through more than 100 of their favorite DIY kitchen projects, showing why everything from ketchup and corn chips to goat cheese and prosciutto turn out better when you do it yourself. Another bonus: When you’re in control, you can customize your DIY projects to suit your own taste. Want smokier bacon, tangier yogurt, or spicier mustard? America’s Test Kitchen shows you how it’s done right.
Our DIY projects are backed by the authority of the test kitchen. Let’s face it: When you’re investing your time and money in any kitchen project, you want great results—guaranteed. With the experienced team at America’s Test Kitchen leading the way, there will be no guesswork. Every recipe in this book has been kitchen-tested to ensure that it’s not only manageable and fun for home cooks but, more important, also foolproof.
Stunning photography and detailed captions explain every step in every recipe. If you’ve always thought that making mozzarella, curing pancetta, and brewing beer sound intimidating, try our recipes. The combination of easy-to-follow photography capturing the recipe process and clear, approachable first-person captions by the recipes’ authors puts home cooks at ease. You’ll also discover what inspires the people behind America’s Test Kitchen—the test cooks, editors, and staffers—as they share the stories behind their recipes’ development.
A wide variety of DIY projects means that there’s something here for everyone. Unlike typical DIY books that focus on one category, this book delivers a wide variety of projects, from jams and pickles like Grandma used to make to artisanal cheeses and cured meats that you usually have to pay top dollar for at a specialty shop. You’ll even learn how to make many of your favorite store-bought guilty pleasures (think potato chips and chocolate sandwich cookies). The test kitchen has also developed recipes for beverages like root beer, cold-brew coffee, and vermouth. There’s something here for all interests and skill levels, whether you’re a seasoned pro or simply a curious cook.
Create great gifts for the holiday season and throughout the year. Gifts made in your own kitchen always feel more personal and special than anything store-bought, and the test kitchen has developed plenty of fun, gift-worthy recipes to choose from. Make a batch of hot pepper jelly or wine jelly for the cheese lovers in your life, coffee liqueur for the holiday swap, salted caramels or orange jelly slices for your coworkers with a sweet tooth, or homemade marshmallows and hot cocoa mix for your children’s favorite teachers.
Whether you want to can it, cure it, churn it, or brew it, The America’s Test Kitchen Do-It- Yourself Cookbook will have home cooks eager to get into the kitchen.
LIST OF RECIPES
Stock the Pantry: Staples Made Fresh
Almond Butter
Peanut Butter
Chocolate-Hazelnut Spread
Whole-Grain Mustard
Ketchup
Hot Sauce
Sriracha
Wine Vinegar
Worcestershire Sauce
Harissa
Prepared Horseradish
Preserved Lemons
Marinated Artichokes
Oven-Dried Tomatoes
Big-Batch Summer Tomato Sauce
Dukkah
Candied Ginger
Vanilla Extract
Preserving the Season: Jams, Jellies, and Spreads
Strawberry Refrigerator Jam
Raspberry Refrigerator Jam
Blueberry Refrigerator Jam
Raspberry-Peach Spreadable Fruit
Seville Orange Marmalade
Fig-Balsamic Jam
Spicy Tomato Jam
Caramelized Onion Jam
Bacon Jam
Red Pepper Jelly
Wine Jelly
Mango Chutney
Green Tomato Chutney
Peach Mostarda
Apple Butter
Marmelada (Quince Paste)
Pickle It: From Cucumbers to Kimchi
Sour Dill Pickles
Bread-and-Butter Pickles
Pickle Relish
Dilly Beans
Pickled Watermelon Rind
Pickled Beets
Giardiniera
Sauerkraut
Kimchi
Milky Ways: Cheese, Yogurt, and Curds
American Cheese
Neufchatel Cream Cheese
Mozzarella
Ricotta Cheese
Fresh Goat Cheese
Feta Cheese
Paneer
Fromage Blanc
Crème Fraîche
Greek-Style Yogurt
Cultured Butter
Tofu
Cured, Smoked, and Terrined: Preserving Meat and Fish
Bacon
Pancetta
Guanciale
Duck Prosciutto
Gravlax
Merguez
Mexican Chorizo
Mortadella
Duck Confit
Mousseline
Country-Style Pâté
Pork Rillettes
Beef Jerky
Snacks from Scratch: Everyday Favorites and Gourmet Goodies
Granola
Granola Bars
Corn Chips
Kettle Chips
Corn Tortillas
Lavash Crackers
Grissini
Rich Butter Crackers
Graham Crackers
Cinnamon Graham Crackers
The Sweet Kitchen: Cookies, Candies, and Dessert Sauces
Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
Thin Chocolate-Mint Cookies
Thin Chocolate-Mint Cookies with Easy Chocolate Coating
Chocolate-Toffee Bark
Brigadeiros
Salted Caramels
Almond Torrone
Pistachio-Orange Torrone
Marshmallows
Orange Jelly Slices
Sugar Cones
Chocolate Ice Cream Shell
Cajeta
Maple Cream
The Beverage Center: Sips, Brews, and Spirits
Root Beer
Ginger Beer
Tonic Water
Cold-Brew Coffee
Horchata
Eggnog
Hot Cocoa Mix
Coffee Liqueur
Sweet Vermouth
Cocktail Bitters
Citrus-Infused Vodka
America’s Test Kitchen IPA
MEDIA REQUESTS: Christopher Kimball and the editors of Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country are available for interviews upon request. For more information or for television and/or print interview requests, contact: Deborah Broide Publicity, 973.744.2030, deborahpub@aol.com
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where is the link to DIY marshmallows?
Hi revolut9, the recipe for homemade marshmallows is available in the DIY book.
I preordered this as soon as I saw it! I am so anxious for this to come out! I’ve spent the last year taking diy themed classes through the extension service was thrilled to see a diy cookbook from atk! You have no idea much I’m looking forward to this book!
I’m pre-ordering NOW!
My fave DIY–pickles. Who doesn’t find happiness in a slice of something you did yourself?
i am SOOOOO getting this book!
Just got this book 2 days ago. I am SO happy with the wide range of recipes for things I would never have tried at home: multiple kinds of cheese & smoked meats! It sparks the imagination. Can’t wait to start cooking!
Even my 6 year old is in on the excitement. He has chosen to make Christmas gifts for his teachers from the recipes: cocoa mix and marshmallows.
Well Done!
Thank you so very much for making the book available as an e-book (Kindle). I’ve enjoyed it so.
I received this in the mail last night and stayed up WAY TOO LATE devouring every page! I love it, so practical and interesting. I especially like that you included pedestrian items like mustard and ketchup. Who knew they were so EASY to prepare?! I sure didn’t and now I will attempt to make them myself for my family. So much better than buying! Thank you very much! I really appreciate the softcover and bookmark flyleaf ability. Very convenient.