Cook’s Illustrated

Cook’s Illustrated Meat Book: Tested Recipes For Perfect Meals

While our quest for the perfect meal often leads us to try various guides, a few titles stand out for their rigorous approach and delicious results. Spanning everything from the foundational ("The Way to Cook") to the specific ("The Chicken Bible: Say Goodbye to Boring Chicken"), the essential guide focused exclusively on the star player—meat—needs no introduction. Cook's Illustrated Meat Book distinguishes itself intensely, promising not just recipes, but lessons learned through meticulous testing. With many calling it the "game-changing guide," its 425 "bulletproof recipes" for cooking meat and poultry aim to demystify the process, potentially turning even the most kitchen-averse into confident cooks capable of consistently well-prepared meat-centric meals.