Season 3
26 episodes · 2003
1Party Foods
We turn soggy nachos and candy-sweet sangria into serious party food.
2Hearty Soups
Less is more when it comes to hearty soups.
3Dressing Up Vegetables
We rescue two favorite vegetable dishes from the clutches of the cafeteria.
4Bistro Basics
A taste of real French cooking—without spending all day in the kitchen.
5Steak House Dinners
The perfect steakhouse dinner—salad with creamy blue cheese dressing and seared filet mignon—is often a fantasy. In the real world, the lettuce is limp, the dressing gluey or watery, the steak overcooked or not properly browned, and the sauce characterless. The test kitchen shows you how to solve each of these problems.
6Chinese Takeout
Chinese food at home (without a laundry list of hard-to-find ingredients).
7Chicken in a Flash
Quick and easy chicken dishes.
8Pasta Classics
We return two classic pasta sauces to their original glory.
9Pasta Quick and Easy
Simple ingredients are often the basis of special and uncommonly good dishes.
10Beef Burgundy
Skip the marinade and don't bother to sauté the aromatic vegetables.
11Texas Chili
The best chili: hearty, heavy on the meat, and spicy.
12American Casseroles
The secret to great casseroles: keep the ingredients as fresh tasting as possible.
13Pork Chops, Two Ways
Finding flavor in today's leaner pork.
14Backyard BBQ
Big, juicy, smoky ribs and classic potato salad.
15Barbecued Salmon
We prepare an elegant salmon dish . . . on the grill.
16Thanksgiving from the Grill
Free up your oven and grill a better tasting bird.
17Holiday Dinner
We turn meat and potatoes into something memorable.
18Ham Dinners
Spiral-sliced ham and good green bean casserole. (Really!)
19Weekend Brunch
Brunch that's worth making, even when company isn't coming.
20Quick Breads
It takes more than speed to make the best quick breads.
21Rustic Bread at Home
Hearth-quality bread from a home oven.
22Cookie Jar Favorites
We take two cookie classics and make them great again.
23Lemon Meringue Pie
We solve the problem of soggy crusts and mile-high meringue.
24Shortcake and Cobbler
We perfect two classic summer American desserts.
25Two Chocolate Cakes
One old-fashioned, moist and homely, the other elegant, dense and ethereal.
26New York Cheese Cakefinale
Restraint is key for the perfect New York-style cheesecake.
