Kitchen Hacks by Editors-at-America's-Test-Kitchen -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Other Titles Title Page Copyright Contents Welcome to America’s Test Kitchen Preface by Christopher Kimball Hack This Book!—What Kind of Kitchen Hacker Are You? Chapter 1: Clean Kitchen Hacks—Because No One Likes to Get Sick (or Dirty)

1.1 Putting Your Best Hand Forward 1.2 Banishing Unwelcome Smells and Pests 1.3 Everything and the Kitchen Sink 1.4 Help Your Dishwasher Help You 1.5 Cleaner Garbage is Not An Oxymoron 1.6 Avoiding Cross-Contamination 1.7 A Neat Start to the Day 1.8 Best Practices for the Tidy Baker 1.9 Oil Mess Management 1.10 Stopping Splashes and Splatters 1.11 Conquering Tricky Cleaning Challenges 1.12 Keeping it Clean Grillside 1.13 Outsmarting Messy Appliances

Chapter 2: Kitchen Organization Hacks—DIY Without a Trip to Ikea

2.1 A Place for Everything 2.2 Hacks for the Small Kitchen 2.3 Upcycled Organization 2.4 An Ounce of Prevention 2.5 Managing Your Fridge and Pantry 2.6 Hack-A-Gadget

Chapter 3: Food Prep Hacks—The Straight Dope on How-To from A to Z

A Alcohol/Apples/Artichokes/Avocados B Bacon/Bananas/Beans/Beets/Butter C Capers/Carrots/Cauliflower/Cheese/Cherries/Chicken/Chiles/Chives/Chocolate/Citrus/Coconuts/Coffee/Corn/Cucumbers E Eggplants/Eggs F Fish and Seafood/Fruits (General) G Garlic/Ginger/Green Beans/Greens H Herbs L Lemon Grass M Meat/Mushrooms N Nuts O Oil/Olives/Onions P Pasta/Peaches/Peppers/Pineapples/Potatoes S Salad Dressing/Sausages/Shortening/Shrimp/Spices and Seasonings/Spinach/Strawberries T Tofu/Tomatoes V Vegetables (General) Z Zucchini

Chapter 4: Hacking the Basics—Smarter Skills for Everyday Kitchen Tasks

4.1 Safety First 4.2 Solving Packaging Frustrations 4.3 Making the Cut 4.4 Mixing it Up 4.5 The Department of Weights and Measures 4.6 Getting Greased Up 4.7 Cooling Things Down 4.8 Straining and Draining 4.9 Slimming and Skimming 4.10 Tempering and Temping 4.11 Baking: Bread 4.12 Baking: Cakes 4.13 Baking: Cookies 4.14 Baking: Muffins 4.15 Baking: Pastry 4.16 Baking: Pies 4.17 Baking: Pizza 4.18 Mastering the Grill

Chapter 5: Hacks In and Out of the Kitchen—Supervision May Be Required!

5.1 Garage and Garden Shed Cooking Tricks 5.2 Surprising Kitchen-Bathroom Crossovers 5.3 Cooking from the Laundry Room 5.4 Office Supplies for Kitchen Business 5.5 Secret Double Lives of Kitchen Tools 5.6 Tools You Can Eat 5.7 The Many Magical Uses of Canning Gear

Chapter 6: Food Storage Hacks—How to Keep Food Fresh and Stop Wasting Money

6.1 Waste Not, Want Not 6.2 Protecting Pantry Goods and Perishables 6.3 Baked Good Preservation 6.4 Fresh Tips for the Freezer 6.5 Frozen Reserves: Ingredients at the Ready

Chapter 7: Reheating and Reviving Food Hacks—AKA Culinary Magic

7.1 Don’t Throw That Out; It’s Still Good! 7.2 Tips for Leftovers Worth Eating

Chapter 8: Company’s Coming Hacks—Clever Ways to Impress Your Friends

8.1 Better Breakfasts and Brunches 8.2 Perfect Picnics 8.3 Cool Cocktail Parties 8.4 Fantastic Feasts 8.5 Divine Desserts

Chapter 9: 11th-Hour Hacks—You Made a Mistake, Now Let’s Fix It

9.1 It’s Not Too Late! 9.2 Recipe Rescue 9.3 Make it Look as Good as it Tastes

Chapter 10: Food Transport Hacks—Getting Your Dish from A to B, Safely

10.1 Flawless Food on the Go 10.2 Bring a Better Brown-Bag Lunch 10.3 Your Kitchen on Vacation

Chapter 11: Kitchen Hacks on the Books—Working Off the Page and On the Screen

11.1 Tech Tips for Foodies 11.2 Cooking the Books and More 11.3 Notes to Self

Chapter 12: Substitution Hacks—You Know Better But You Still Do It, So Do It Right

12.1 Raiding the Liquor Cabinet 12.2 Emergency Chocolate and Going Nutty 12.3 Milky Ways 12.4 Cultured Dairy Cures 12.5 A Few Good Eggs and One Cool Bean 12.6 Chewing the Fats (And Oils) 12.7 Flour Power and Leavening Up 12.8 Getting Salty and Spicing Things Up 12.9 Give Me Some Sugar 12.10 Hacking Very Specific Ingredients

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