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Fab Freebie: Taste Test

***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries***

We may be toilet-installation and cabinet-painting experts, but when it comes to cooking we can use all the help we can get. Which is why we were psyched when our latest giveaway sponsor, America’s Test Kitchen, offered to send their newest cookbook our way in addition to doling out some great prizes for you guys (yes, prizes with an “s”). And when our complimentary preview copy of “Cooking For Two” arrived last week, we knew we were in for a good meal (sorry Burger, it’s not Cooking for Three).

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I’m Young House Love’s resident (wannabe) chef, so perusing the book for a beginner-friendly recipe was the first thing I did. I loved that every recipe was already portioned for just two people (sweet, no math), but even better was all the background info surrounding each recipe. Hearing about how they arrived at the right ingredients, perfect temperatures and ideal prep techniques was extremely educational for a novice like me (so that’s how you properly shred basil). It even gave me the confidence to take on their Crunchy Baked Pork Chops with Aoili dipping sauce (page 79) on Saturday… although you’ll have to excuse the frozen veggies on the side, I was busy making my own breadcrumbs.

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And a handful of you will get to try it for yourselves! Yep, America’s Test Kitchen is giving away a hot-off-the-presses hardcover copy of “Cooking for Two” to FIVE randomly selected readers. To enter, just comment on this post with the words “I WANT A TASTE” by Wednesday, April 8th at 8pm EST. And while you’re at it let us know what makes up your all-time favorite meal. You know, the one you’d pick as your last meal or eat everyday if you were trapped on a desert island.

As always, only one entry per e-mail address is permitted and our five lucky winners will be chosen using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck…

Full details about our freebies are available at our Giveaway FAQs.

Comments

  1. Erin J says

    I want a taste!!

    Pasta and some sort of sauce is always the go-to meal in our house. We definitely need some inspiration!!!

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  2. Jen says

    I want a taste!

    I have so many favorite foods, but for my last meal I’d have to pick grape leaves, tabouli, and French Fries with chocolate brownies for dessert.

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  5. Ciarra says

    I wanna taste- Homemade banana pudding, with made from scratch wafers.

    None of that Jello and Nilla Wafer stuff!

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  6. Beth says

    I WANT A TASTE!
    It would have to be a sandwich of prosciutto and cornichons on a buttered sourdough baguette.

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  8. Kat says

    I want a taste! The Test Kitchen cookbooks are the best! My faves are coq au vin and lasagna out of their Best Recipe cookbook!

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  10. Ele says

    I WANT A TASTE!

    I would like a blackberry turkey sandwich with lots of french fries from my favorite restaurant because I could not fathom having to make my own last meal!

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  12. Leigh says

    I WANT A TASTE!!!

    Lobster- warm, not hot, with drawn butter. And golden yellow corn on the cob. Followed by locally made ice cream.

    you know- nothing like an expensive and full-of-fat meal.

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  15. Kelly says

    I want a taste! (Although no caps, I mean it!)

    A perennial favorite is beef bourguignon – a wonderful red wine beef stew with onion, shallot, mushrooms, and bacon. Serve with warm egg noodles and a green salad. Just wonderful

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  16. Julie says

    I WANT A TASTE!

    The picture you posted looks great – I’m sure it was delicious.

    Really decadent mac and cheese with truffle oil. I had this at Chaya in Santa Monica a year ago, and I am still dreaming of it.

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  17. Katie says

    I want a taste!! For sure, this looks like a fab. book and so did your meal. Including the frozen veggies!

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  18. Lori says

    I wanna taste!!!

    I love deserts. for my last meal i would have triple layer fresh (not frozen) coconut cake and wash it down with a pina colada.

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  19. Kelsey says

    I want a taste!

    My favorite meal is my grandmother’s homemade pasta. She cooks her sauce all day long along with homemade baked meatballs. I’ve tasted many, many pasta dishes, even in Italy itself, and nothing comes close to her pasta.

    Of course if it was my last meal, I’d also need a diet coke, aka sweet nectar of the gods.

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  20. Carrie says

    I want a taste!

    My favorite meal is my neighbor’s annual Christmas Eve dinner buffet: shrimp Newberg, Swedish meatballs, macaroni & cheese, zucchini bread, baked fish and salad.

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  23. Kathryn says

    I want a taste!! I have several favorite meals… tonight’s is one- beer can chicken and I love homemade mac n cheese!

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  25. Tamika says

    I want a taste!!

    Lately my favorite meal has been either my shrimp scampi or split pea soup and basmati rice (the soup always turns out thick so the rice is a great compliment).

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  26. nicole says

    My last meal will consist of Cambodian Curry with chicken, carrots, and baby eggplants. On the side would be a nice, crusty (but chewy in the middle) french baguette. I would also enjoy some Thai Green Papaya Salad with shrimp and peanuts. My beverage would be a tall Thai Iced Coffee. Dessert would consist of Chocolate Cheesecake with Fresh Berries. mmmmmm……Please send over that book to me because I WANT A TASTE!

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  27. laura says

    I WANT A TASTE! my last meal would be pasta prepared with sauteed garlic, olive oil, some dried chilis, and parmesan cheese. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!

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  30. Nancy F says

    I SOOOOO want a taste!! I love America’s Test Kitchen. I have one of their cookbooks and love the information almost as much as the recipes!!!

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  32. Lisa B says

    I WANT A TASTE

    Go-to-meal is BYOB (Build Your Own Burrito) Tortilla with cheese, meat and veggetables

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  39. Tonni says

    I want a taste! We love the fried chicken out of a different America’s Test Kitchen book… paired with corn on the cob, and it’s a perfect summer meal!

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  41. Sara says

    I want a taste! We’re big fans of anything and everything America’s Test Kitchen around here.

    My favorite meal would have to be my Mamaw’s (grandmother’s, for those of you a little less Appalachian than I) chicken and dumplings. . .

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  43. anna cordes says

    i want a taste! man. i’d probably have to say meal i’d eat over and over would be totino’s frozen pizza (if you count turning on the oven as cooking), but a meal that i LOVE to cook is cumin chicken on a bed of saute’d greens. mmm. it’s awesome!

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  45. Kimberly says

    I WANT A TASTE

    That’s hard…I LOVE pizza and an especially good batch of Little Caesar’s crazy bread or Pizza Hut’s bread sticks are pure heaven…as far as homecooked, I guess I’d have to say my mom’s mac-n-cheese and Paula Deen’s corn casserole…bring on the starch and carbs!

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  47. Aliya says

    I WANT A TASTE! I’m the cook in the house and love trying new recipes — a recent success (that I could eat until the proverbial cows come home) is curried honey-mustard chicken salad. Delicious and good FOR you. Yum!

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