America's Test Kitchen Cooking For Two

Party of Two? America's Test Kitchen Has a Cookbook For You

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The angle: Over 650 recipes perfectly engineered for a party of two

Recipes for right now: Mushroom-Miso Soup with Shrimp and Udon, Corn Chowder, Thai-Style Beef Salad, Easy Skillet Cheese Pizza, Moroccan Chicken with Green Olives, Classic Lasagna, Buttermilk Waffles, Skillet Apple Crisp

Who would enjoy this book? Small households.

Quick Facts

• Who published it: America's Test Kitchen

• Number of recipes: Over 650

• Other highlights: Recipes don't always scale down quite as nicely as you might like — something that America's Test Kitchen has stepped in to remedy. This book is filled with classic dishes, from Pad Thai to Pizza, that are tailor-made just for two. Simple preparations, minimal leftovers.

Like every cookbook that America's Test Kitchen puts out, this one is also about more (so much more) than just the recipes. I particularly like the section at the front of the book that talks about using up leftovers, like making stale bread into a summer berry gratin or making cabbage into quick kimchi.

I also think it's ingenious how America's Test Kitchen has adapted casseroles, like lasagna, to fit inside loaf pans — I love that we don't have to buy a special dish for small-scale recipes. Don't skip over the recipe headnotes, either — lots of great nuggets of culinary know-how to be found here!

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Emma Christensen

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Emma is a former editor for The Kitchn and a graduate of the Cambridge School for Culinary Arts. She is the author of True Brews and Brew Better Beer. Check out her website for more cooking stories.

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