Cook's Country - Season 1

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Forgotten Cakes

1 - Forgotten Cakes

Air Date: September 6, 2008

Join us as we re-create two classic cakes from the 1960s. Christopher Kimball shares tips for error-proof baking, and Jack Bishop reveals which milk chocolate won our taste tests.

Sunday Dinner

2 - Sunday Dinner

Air Date: September 13, 2008

Feeding a Crowd, Italian-Style

3 - Feeding a Crowd, Italian-Style

Air Date: September 20, 2008

Everyone loves Italian food. We share the secrets to making extraordinary meatballs and marinara and the perfect “Sunday gravy”—a slow-simmered sauce with several kinds of meat.

Southern Regional Recipes

4 - Southern Regional Recipes

Air Date: September 27, 2008

We share the test kitchen’s method for simplifying Lexington-style pulled pork, and explain how to make the perfect Memphis coleslaw—a barbecue-joint staple.

Autumn Supper

5 - Autumn Supper

Air Date: October 4, 2008

Making pork roast is tricky. Which cut is best and how do you keep the meat moist? Our unique seven-hour recipe will change the way you think about the other white meat.

All-American Picnic

6 - All-American Picnic

Air Date: October 11, 2008

Learn to make super-crunchy fried chicken. Pair it with our classic potato salad, or with the potato chips that won our taste test of top brands.

Easy As Pie

7 - Easy As Pie

Air Date: October 18, 2008

Steakhouse Favorites

8 - Steakhouse Favorites

Air Date: October 25, 2008

Learn the technique for perfectly broiled steaks, and discover the secret to super-stuffed potatoes. Adam Ried tells us which steaks knives make the cut.

Barbecued Chicken

9 - Barbecued Chicken

Air Date: November 1, 2008

Regional Chops

10 - Regional Chops

Air Date: November 8, 2008

Learn to grill double-thick chops and how to give them authentic smoke flavor. The test kitchen also perfects a recipe for whiskey-glazed pork chops.

Midwestern Favorites

11 - Midwestern Favorites

Air Date: November 15, 2008

California Grilling

12 - California Grilling

Air Date: November 22, 2008

Bridget Lancaster teaches Christopher Kimball how to cook a garlicky tri-tip roast on the grill. She also prepares California barbecued beans and Santa Maria-style salsa.

Diner Favorites

13 - Diner Favorites

Air Date: November 29, 2008

Enjoy a diner-style brunch at home with impossibly tall and fluffy omelets, crusty, deeply browned home fries, and the best store-bought orange juice as judged by our tasters.