Cooking stuff

I subscribed to the Cook’s Illustrated podcast a little while ago and I’ve really enjoyed it. I can’t find a way to subscribe over the web, but if you look in iTunes, it’s there (and free).

The videos quickly cover a few topics in each episode in a manner similar to their book, The New Best Recipe (which I use and recommend). Each episode, they work through a recipe (quickly) and discuss why they chose to do things different ways. They also do ingredient comparisons (e.g. which tomato paste they preferred), equipment reviews, and technique tutorials. Most of the videos are under 5 minutes, which somehow feels like the right amount of time. These videos include all the things I like about the book and add the missing visual component.

In other news, lifehacker had a good feature on grilling tips and techniques.