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C. Bowan: “I’m not a professional chef, just self-taught with classes thrown in here and there. But I believe strongly that we are not doing enough cooking at home these days...so helping with a new cookbook that encourages such things is something I believe could help folks return to their culinary roots.” These four — and several hundred more — were invited to become official recipe testers for The Good Home Cookbook. The participants were first asked about their food preferences and restrictions and how many recipes they were willing to test. Then, they were asked to test specific recipes from the book and provide feedback in an online forum at www.goodhomecookbook.com. Any suggested revisions had to strictly adhere to traditional ingredients and cooking methods. The more than 1,000 recipes were consequently tested and reworked an average of four to seven times — often in Perry’s home kitchen — before accepted for inclusion. |
Interestingly enough, Perry notes that sometimes recipe testers became inadvertent editors in the process, finding crucial typos or detecting missing ingredients. Perry also hosts a companion blog at www.goodhomecookbook.blogspot.com. The site contains information updates about the project, commentary and sneak preview posts of some of his favorite tried-and-true recipes that will be included in The Good Home Cookbook. Just as this mega-volume of recipes celebrates the history of classic American cooking, The Good Home Cookbook’s colossal recipe testing campaign is making history as well — as the first ever cookbook to be taste-tested in America’s own kitchens. Here’s what some of the leading food critics and editors from around the country are saying about The Good Home Cookbook recipe testing project: |
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