My favorite cooking show with accompanying mag/books is America's Test Kitchen were they approach most classic dishes as myths and test them out like
Posted by
zeitgeist
Feb 6 '09, 10:46
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scientific experiments, and they'll cook one dish a dozen to a hundred different ways to get the best out of it.
and its not all complex gourmet stuff, like I just learned the best way to fry pork chops and get really juicy not dried out, you use thick 1/2 to 3/4 inch ones, salt and pepper and sprinkle a bit of suger on one side, put the sugar side down in...and this is the secret part...a cold pan then raise the heat to medium high, flip cover and simmer till done, you have to use a thermometer to tell if they are done or you'll over cook them or worse, not.
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