I got this new cooking magazine from the makers of Cook's Illustrated which takes a bunch of supposedly awesome recipes and pares them down for two people, which seemed like a great idea for us. The recipes all look delicious and as with all the Cook's Illustrated recipes, they break down why the recipe works and why they chose to create it as such.I decided to try the Glazed Pork Chops with Sweet Potatoes tonight. Although the recipe is for grilled pork chops, we had a sudden rainstorm around dinner time, and I had to make do with just broiling everything. The flavor was still excellent and the chops still turned out juicy. Kai even liked the sweet potatoes with tarragon. I would definitely make it again, trying it next time on the grill.
The pork chop is glazed with a maple syrup and mustard sauce and served with roasted sweet potatoes with tarragon, shallot and balsamic vinegar. Yum!
Ooo.. We may have to take a look at this new magazine. We have a few issues of the Cook's Illustrated magazine and we tape their "American's Kitchen" tv show on PBS. We always see a lot of good looking receipes, but always forget to try them, heh.
ReplyDeleteThat glazed pork chop w/sweet potatoes looks yummy though!
I heard about this cookbook from the posters at TWoP. Everyone on that forum says all their recipes (CI, ATK, CC, the cookbooks) are delicious and fool-proof. They just seem like a lot of work sometimes. Maybe we'll buy ourselves this one for Christmas. Looks good!
ReplyDeleteI think this was just a special edition magazine from the America's Test Kitchen/Cook's Illustrated people. I agree that some of the recipes are little work intensive, but so worth it when the final product tastes so good! There is actually a cook book they put out that we got for Christmas this past year and every recipe is 30 minutes or less. Same quality of food, just simpler cooking methods. If you're thinking about buying one I'd try that first. :)
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