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i'm too short, i would like to know,what kind of food and what kinf of drink i'm suposed to eat and drink?

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Turkey Talk 2007 With Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated

hi, i need someone to help me.
i'm too short, i would like to know,what kind of food and what kinf of drink i'm suposed to eat and drink?

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Turkey Talk 2007 With Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated

I'm a vegetarian and I love green beans, but guess what--I LOVE America's Test Kitchen on PBS. Since Julia Child and the Frugal Gourmet, it was the first show that got me watching food TV since I was a kid.

Do I agree with everything Mr. Kimball says? No. But at least he has a strong opinion, and he's friggin' hilarious when he says it--and that's better than trying to please all the people and all the palates all of the time. I find a bit of arrogance charming, and I take it with a pinch of (artisanal sea) salt.

CI's and ATK brownies and cookies and pretty much all dishes that you DO need a certain science behind are sensational and foolproof. Even for idiot beginning cooks like me.

And even if I don't agree with all of the scientific tests and test tastes, I find it interesting to see what the results are, even if they aren't some pronouncement from on high.

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Turkey Talk 2007 With Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated

I'm a big fan of CI and ATK. (Though I do agree with some poters in another thread about Cook's Country being just ATK on a different set)
What Kimball and his team do is so informative and unbiased. The hows and whys of each recipe are explained in plain language; I learn something from each article. And the absence of advertising is so refreshing. Have you read a Bon Appetit lately? It's got more ads than Glamour! And some of the articles? Rich beautiful people in lavish home eat gorgeous food with rich beautiful friends. Please! It's not just food porn, it's lifestyle porn!!

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Turkey Talk 2007 With Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated

I subscribed to CI for several years. I always enjoyed reading it, and had good results with the recommendations and recipes. I still have them.

However, I bought the Mr Kimball's book, Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook, and many of the recipes didn't work for me at all. I gave it away.

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Turkey Talk 2007 With Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated

Fully agree with Julie about the pompous Mr. Kimball and the annoying our-way-is-the-only-way tone of CI. His pretentious essays are one of the reasons why I stopped buying the print version of the magazine, which I have subscribed to (in one form or another) since the charter issue in 1993. Instead, I subscribe to the Web version, where I can avoid his horrible homilies and also gain access to the entire archives with a simple search function rather than having to comb through back issues. Despite my issues with him and the magazine's tone , I still find CI useful, especially their equipment and product testings (the latter of which I take with a grain of salt since their results frequently contradict themselves).

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Turkey Talk 2007 With Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated

Mr. Kimble's comment about green beans is just one example of the many reasons I find him unappealing, often wrong (sometimes very, very wrong) about a "Best Recipe."

I agree with Julie, Mr. Kimble comes across as an arrogant know-it-all and I cannot stand to watch him on television...I happen to love green beans but find Mr. Kimble disgusting!!

I must add that ONE OF my favorite recipe for pancakes came from Mr. Kimble's "Best Recipes" book but I shudder with disgust every time I think about the title of his cookbooks....What arrogance!!! To think you can come up with recipes superior to anyone else's.

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Turkey Talk 2007 With Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated

Ummm, ok. I can see I'm not in the majority here. I do like CI, and I respect their in-depth testing methodology -- which does not, however, ALWAYS result in fool-proof recipes.

The real problem is that Chris Kimball is a overly opinionated prig, who thinks that there's only one right way to do everything -- his way. He thinks everyone should toe the line and follow CI and ATK recipes to the letter, instead of adapting them to personal tastes or even based on their own cooking experience -- and yes, some of us actually have some prior cooking experience.

I much prefer reading and culling suggestions from cooks whose philosophy embraces change and adaptation. I may discover an extraordinary way of making roast turkey, and if so, I'd recommend it highly. That doesn't mean I'd tell everyone that every other way of making turkey is crap, because it isn't. There's more than one way to skin a cat, roast a turkey, or make a Thanksgiving meal. Some of us are actually grateful for the presence of some refreshing green dishes on the groaning Thanksgiving table, despite what Chris thinks.

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Turkey Talk 2007 With Christopher Kimball of Cook's Illustrated

Lovely to see this article. I'm a devoted fan of ATK and CI - I refer to The New Best Recipe as my "cooking Bible." And hey, if he doesn't care for green beans, all the more for me! (He can have my share of Brussels sprouts.)

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