America's Test Kitchen

Season 3

TV-G

Equipment reviews, taste tests, and recipes from the test kitchen to the home cook. A team of test cooks that viewers have come to love and trust deconstruct recipes and reveal the test kitchen’s secrets to foolproof cooking at home.

Where to Watch Season 3

26 Episodes

Party Foods
E1
Party FoodsWe turn soggy nachos and candy-sweet sangria into serious party food.
Hearty Soups
E2
Hearty SoupsLess is more when it comes to hearty soups.
Dressing Up Vegetables
E3
Dressing Up VegetablesWe rescue two favorite vegetable dishes from the clutches of the cafeteria.
Bistro Basics
E4
Bistro BasicsA taste of real French cooking—without spending all day in the kitchen.
Steak House Dinners
E5
Steak House DinnersThe 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.
Chinese Takeout
E6
Chinese TakeoutChinese food at home (without a laundry list of hard-to-find ingredients).
Chicken in a Flash
E7
Chicken in a FlashQuick and easy chicken dishes.
Pasta Classics
E8
Pasta ClassicsWe return two classic pasta sauces to their original glory.
Pasta Quick and Easy
E9
Pasta Quick and EasySimple ingredients are often the basis of special and uncommonly good dishes.
Beef Burgundy
E10
Beef BurgundySkip the marinade and don't bother to sauté the aromatic vegetables.
Texas Chili
E11
Texas ChiliThe best chili: hearty, heavy on the meat, and spicy.
American Casseroles
E12
American CasserolesThe secret to great casseroles: keep the ingredients as fresh tasting as possible.
Pork Chops, Two Ways
E13
Pork Chops, Two WaysFinding flavor in today's leaner pork.
Backyard BBQ
E14
Backyard BBQBig, juicy, smoky ribs and classic potato salad.
Barbecued Salmon
E15
Barbecued SalmonWe prepare an elegant salmon dish . . . on the grill.
Thanksgiving from the Grill
E16
Thanksgiving from the GrillFree up your oven and grill a better tasting bird.
Holiday Dinner
E17
Holiday DinnerWe turn meat and potatoes into something memorable.
Ham Dinners
E18
Ham DinnersSpiral-sliced ham and good green bean casserole. (Really!)
Weekend Brunch
E19
Weekend BrunchBrunch that's worth making, even when company isn't coming.
Quick Breads
E20
Quick BreadsIt takes more than speed to make the best quick breads.
Rustic Bread at Home
E21
Rustic Bread at HomeHearth-quality bread from a home oven.
Cookie Jar Favorites
E22
Cookie Jar FavoritesWe take two cookie classics and make them great again.
Lemon Meringue Pie
E23
Lemon Meringue PieWe solve the problem of soggy crusts and mile-high meringue.
Shortcake and Cobbler
E24
Shortcake and CobblerWe perfect two classic summer American desserts.
Two Chocolate Cakes
E25
Two Chocolate CakesOne old-fashioned, moist and homely, the other elegant, dense and ethereal.
New York Cheese Cake
E26
New York Cheese CakeRestraint is key for the perfect New York-style cheesecake.