While perusing Cook's Illustrated editor Christopher Kimball's Twitter feed, we found this video of him and his crew "sugaring" maple sap—boiling it down to syrup. (After the jump.) February through April (depending on local conditions) is the traditional season for maple syrup production in the U.S. and Canada. It's a little difficult to hear voices in the video because the sugar house's equipment is loud, but someone made sure to pump the soundtrack up—it's Kimball's band, Shady Grove. Yes, Christopher Kimball is in a bluegrass band. Who knew!...
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Amazon is offering
an exclusive Kindle download through a partnership with America's Test Kitchen.
The Cook's Illustrated How-to-Cook Library will be available free for the Kindle starting February 24.
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We caught up with Christopher Kimball, founding editor and publisher of
Cook's Illustrated and host of
America's Test Kitchen, a couple days ago on the phone to talk turkey (day) with him. It turns out that, among other things, the man hates green beans, and he's not afraid to admit it.
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