Forgotten Cakes

Episode number: 1

Overview: 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

Episode number: 2

Feeding a Crowd, Italian-Style

Episode number: 3

Overview: 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

Episode number: 4

Overview: 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

Episode number: 5

Overview: 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

Episode number: 6

Overview: 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

Episode number: 7

Steakhouse Favorites

Episode number: 8

Overview: 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

Episode number: 9

Regional Chops

Episode number: 10

Overview: 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

Episode number: 11

California Grilling

Episode number: 12

Overview: 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

Episode number: 13

Overview: 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.