Summary: Join Christopher Kimball and the cast of America's Test Kitchen to learn the basics of great home cooking. Learn recipes that will work the first time you try them, thanks to the dozens of test cooks who develop, refine, and test recipes again and again until they arrive at the very best versions. Learning to become a better cook has never been this foolproof or fun!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 AMESummary: Welcome to the home of Cook's Country, a renovated 1806 farmhouse with a full working test kitchen, a live audience, two barns, and the odd neighbor who stops by with cooking problems that need immediate attention. Join host Christopher Kimball and your favorite chefs from America's Test Kitchen. This set contains all 13 episodes from Season 2 of Cook's Country.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 COOSummary: Award-winning Professor Ken Albala of the University of the Pacific takes viewers on a fascinating international journey through civilization across the ages and around the world, all through the lens of cooking. In 24 fascinating lectures, while he cooks, Dr. Albala welcomes viewers into his own home kitchen, encouraging them to explore unfamiliar cuisines as a type of gastronomic time travel...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.509 COOSummary: After a lifetime in the kitchen, Jacques Pepin brings you his final series, with more than 100 recipes and his impeccable technique. It showcases the warmth, wit, and mastery of a culinary icon. Jacques' passion, humor, and culinary skills are at their best as he shares memories and wisdom from more than half a century in the kitchen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 PEPSummary: The film follows Paul Liebrandt over a decade and reveals his creative process in the kitchen, as well as the extreme hard work, long hours, and dedication it takes to be a successful culinary artist.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MATSummary: Join Ming Tsai on the Emmy-nominated 'Simply Ming' as he and a great group of guest chefs find inspiration from his East-West pantry and from surprise ingredients that range from exotic fruits and vegetables to meats and fish. Ming highlights techniques to help you at home, from filleting a fish to sharing a technique for cooking veggies kids will love. Includes six episodes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.595 SIMBriwa, Bill.
Contents: Good, better, best strategies -- Nutritious and satisfying whole grains -- Adding flavor with healthy oils -- Protein : understanding your choices -- Powerful micronutrients : cooking with color -- Making healthy cooking a lifestyle.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2013
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 EVECall number: DVD 641.5 EVE
Summary: Filmmaker Byron Hurt looks at the past and future of soul food, covering its roots in Western Africa, its incarnation in the American South, and the role it plays in the health crisis in the African American community. Examines the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industry profits from producing cheap calories while healthy options remain expensive and hard to find.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SOUSummary: Presents all 26 episodes of Season 13 of America's test kitchen, the public television cooking show filmed in the test kitchens of Cook's illustrated magazine.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 AMESummary: "Learn how to prepare dozens of recipes with step-by-step instructions for meats, pasta, vegetables, seafood, and more with an experienced CIA and restaurant chef"--container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 COOCall number: DVD 641.5 COO
Summary: A new HD cooking series with Jacques Pepin, featuring whole episodes based on subjects such as poultry, shellfish, soup, fruit desserts, and easy recipes that are practical for the home chef.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 JACSummary: Jacques Pépin is back with just what modern folks want: more fast, easy-to-prepare fabulous-looking, scrumptious food. Jacques proves that healthy, tasty meals can be on the table faster than a trip to the local fast food counter.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.555 PEPSummary: Follow chef Marcus Samuelsson as he immerses himself in diverse immigrant communities and cuisines in cities across the US. In each hour, Marcus will travel to a different city and dive into a new food culture. He'll discover the important immigrant histories - and delicious culinary traditions - that shape the way America eats today.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NOBeaty, Andrea
Summary: "How does a cake bake? What's the difference between baking soda and baking powder? And why is it so important to measure the different ingredients in a recipe?"--Amazon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.81 BEACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Series Ada BeatyBriwa, Bill.
Contents: Into the mind of a chef -- Launching the day -- One fresh thing -- Evolution of a quick dish -- What makes a meal? -- A chef entertains.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2013
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 EVECall number: DVD 641.5 EVE
Summary: Join once again Christopher Kimball and the cast of America's Test Kitchen to learn the basics of great home cooking. Learn recipes that will work the first time you try them, thanks to the dozens of test cooks who develop, refine, and test recipes again and again until they arrive at the very best versions. Learning to become a better cook has never been this foolproof or fun!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 AMESummary: A character-driven documentary and cooking series that takes viewers inside the life of Chef Vivian Howard, who, with her husband Ben Knight, left the big city to open a fine dining restaurant in small-town Eastern North Carolina.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CHESummary: "After a decade living in the United States, [filmmaker Asori] Soto returns to his homeland of Cuba to search for the missing flavors of his childhood--a journey to discover culinary traditions long thought lost due to the hardship that Cuba survived after the collapse of the Soviet Union."--
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Each week chef Marcus Samuelsson, an immigrant himself, visits a new city to learn about the dynamic and creative ways a particular community has made its mark. Season Two has him visiting Seattle's Filipino community, West African neighborhoods in Houston, Philadelphia's Italian-Americans, the Portuguese in Boston, a widespread Armenian community throughout SoCal, and the Chinese traditions of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NOBriwa, Bill.
Summary: Join Chef Bill Briwa of The Culinary Institute of America as he reveals the essentials of incorporating a variety of spices from around the world into your everyday meals. An aromatic array of spices fills each of these six engaging lessons, providing you with myriad ways to use spices in soups and salads, with meat and fish, and even in drinks and desserts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2013
Copies Available at Kingsley
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.6 BriCall number: DVD 641.6 Bri
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.6383 EVECall number: DVD 641.6383 EVE
Summary: Learn the secrets of how to cook effortlessly at home using recipes for dishes such as South-of-the Border soups; fish steaks; deep-dish apple pie; old fashioned birthday cake, and many more. Also includes reviews of ingredients found in supermarkets and kitchen equipment.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 AMESummary: Learn the secrets of how to cook effortlessly at home using recipes for dishes such as South-of-the Border soups; fish steaks; deep-dish apple pie; old fashioned birthday cake, and many more. Also includes reviews of ingredients found in supermarkets and kitchen equipment.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2010