Kitchen Hacks: How Clever Cooks Get Things Done

Innovative solutions to everyday cooking challenges from our team of test kitchen MacGyvers—the test cooks atCook's Illustrated magazine

A kitchen hack is an unusual, easier, and/or better way of performing a task that often saves money and time or improves the quality of the outcome. In this wacky but eminently useful collection of kitchen hacks, you will learn how to outsmart tricky tasks and face down kitchen challenges (big and small) with innovative and clever ideas from Quick Tips, the most popular feature inCook's Illustrated magazine (900,000 circulation). Kitchen Hacks is a beautifully designed guidebook to hacking your kitchen . . . and beyond!

Like a team of kitchen MacGyvers, the test cooks of Cook's ­Illustrated have hacked their way through just about every situation you can think of to find innovative solutions to everyday cooking problems. This new book features more than 1,000 of our best test kitchen–approved tips and tricks to help you face down kitchen conundrums.

• Need extra counter space during holiday prep? Place a baking sheet on top of a pulled-out kitchen drawer andvoilà!
• No rolling pin to be found? Pull out a bottle of wine to flatten your pie dough.
• Can't get that sticky jar open? Fit a rubber band around the lid for a helpful grip.

Kitchen Hacks also features 22 “how did they do that?” recipes developed in the test kitchen. These recipe hacks are fun, creative recipes that approach food and cooking in surprising or magical ways. They include Homemade Chocolate Magic Shell Ice Cream Topping, Eggless Mayo emulsified with milk, Dairy-Free Whipped Cream made from coconut milk, and mess-free Microwave Caramel Sauce.

No matter what kind of project you're tackling or what kind of kitchen hacker you are, you can become a more efficient and inventive cook and take your skills to the next level with our kitchen hacks—and have fun while doing it!