Gregory Morrow wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:

>> Try signing up for America's Test Kitchen to get their recipe
>> for macaroni salad. They had a couple of hints to making
>> it that I want to try. americastestkitchen.com search on
>> macaroni salad.
>
> You know, that's my new fave Saturday afternoon cooking program.
> Yesterday here (Chicago) they had the beer can chicken show and to
> accompany it they made a pasta salad. I like the show because first
> off they tell you how "most" people make stuff and why it sucks, then
> go step - by - step to show you how to make a great dish, in this
> case a pasta salad with pesto. The show that followed was about
> making some Beef Burgundy or whatever in a crockpot, they started out
> by showing that many simply dump ingredients in and you end up with a
> boiled and oily mess...

I like the show, too, thanks for reminding me to record it this
afternoon ...

> I learned something, specifically about how to add pesto to a pasta
> salad, and how to thicken crock pot stuff with IIRC tapioca...
>
> Does anyone have their cookbook? I'm considering getting it...

I have the Family cookbook, I really like it. Maybe other people
have different America's Test Kitchen cookbooks they like as well
or better.

nancy