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Did they ever do a Season 2?
Thank you! I doing the whole process today. I’m just waiting for my wife and daughters to come home before I make the sauce and assemble the sandwiches. I can’t wait!
You guys need to make more of these. I loved it.
I would LOVE if you guys can do FODMAP meals, it is so difficult to get flavorsome meals it would really help a lot of people with IBS, thanks.
Sees like Cecilia did all the work. I’m just curious as to what is Brian’s contribution. This is a legitimate question. I’m not throwing shade.
I love ATK, but within a few minutes of this, I didn’t like the guy on the far left (neither did the two on the right, or so it seemed). It reminded me of how Chris Kimball made everyone on the show seem uncomfortable. Please relax, and enjoy the experience for the audience’s sake. Food is so yummy, but it is not sending an Apollo ship to Mars. The worst that can happen is food poisoning. Not likely.
Love this series!!!! Any chance for more???
watching this in 2020 with covid 19 and its great too see how much time and effort could go into a sandwich just a few months back
One of the best food videos I have ever watch.
Gosh, I've missed you! I had to hunt you down and now I'm so glad for Season2! Of all the many cooking shows America's Test Kitchen is at the top of my list. I'm looking forward to more!
Oh my gosh, you guys, I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this series and look forward to many more. Cecelia, you rock. I love your attitude, your tenacity, your honesty, and your authenticity, but most of all, I'm blown away by your ability to articulate to us exactly what is going on at any given moment, even when you're clearly under pressure to meet a deadline and things aren't going as you'd hoped. How you do this with nary an "er or an um" spoken, and very few pauses, is a marvel to me. I love the behind the scenes look at your process and have been a subscriber since the first year Cooks Illustrated appeared, and now for years have enjoyed your full spectrum of services. I have always enjoyed your episode segments, Brian, with your chill attitude and subtle humor. Both gentlemen, I love your support and open admiration of Cecelia. She is well deserving of it.
Thanks for all you do to bring those of us who really care about food tasting good, the best attainable version (within reason) of a recipe.
Anne from Freeport, Maine
Love Cecilia! She’s so relatable. Future recipe rec, any grandma recipe that everyone acts like is old school but everyone cheats on when they teach (or they just go to grandma), like a good matzo ball soup.
i can see that you guys are trying to grow the channel. the feel of it is not really inspiring to me. feels like work to watch. felt kind of unfair to cecilia from the start since you didn't send her to florida like you did everybody else. the episode quantity felt like a bit too pompous. then all this after show stuff is just not hitting the right note for me. obviously you have a pretty big audience but i think you have a lot to learn. it's not just about appearing 'professional', there is a quality that your non-recipe content is lacking. thanks for trying, i hope you improve in the future. i like the new channel content but i am unsure if i want to continue watching this series though,
Thanks.
So Editor-in-chief, executive, and senior. I'm guess top dawg to lower dawg left to right?
Very enjoyable series which I subscribe to. However, Tucker, leave the videos to the stars of the shows.
I would love to see Cecelia make west Africa's Jollof. It is a difficult rice dish to make.
mayo? salami? SACRILEGIO!! this isn't a real cuban sandwich
I love the style of this video and I enjoyed the whole series. I'm going to make the sandwich sometime soon
Yes, love you Cecelia! Can’t wait for season 2!!
Cecilia, thank you. That was kind of you to mention me. I hope you have a happy holiday season filled with all the people you love and who love you. Now I have to get me some lard and get on that bread, at the very least.
Salchichón. You should probably pronounce it right, if you're the one teaching people how to make a cuban sandwich.
Brian is soooooo sexy….yummmmyyyy
its great to see how fkin hard these people work on the recipes. Great job, Cecelia Brian, Tucker.
Totally worth it. Made this yesterday and it was awesome. Thanks for the hard work.
HEy! any one interested?
How about a short companion episode for Cuban Black Bean soup….I love to dip my Cuban sandwich into that soup. Delicious!
Beef Shawarma with authentic pita bread.
They didn't like the mojo marinade. Oh well that's nice…. except for the entire part where that's actually how it's made. Kind of like the sandwich press. I bet they spent zero thought on good pickles while over engineering the crap out of this sandwich. Maybe next time you guys can make a PB&J and somehow make it ridiculous too the point not a single person will do it that way…..because you're trying to make it with "regular equipment".
I have made chef John's Cuban sandwich and loved it, so I will definitely try ATK's Cuban, thank you Cecelia Xx.
I like the idea of this series but it was dragged out way too long …. maybe next time compact the videos and release them faster.
I lived in Key West for 35 years and I've eaten thousands of Cuban Mix sandwiches. Pork, Ham (no salami) Swiss, pickles. tomatoes, lettuce, mustard and mayo and ALWAYS pressed. Delicious!
Ah, thanks for the shout out – I'm so shocked! I adored the series and can't wait for the next one. I"m new to bread baking but this is motivating me to try the whole project. Thanks again and you folks are the best.
I saw them all and the official final video. Awesome series.
Make the best Philly Cheese Steak. Please!
Thank you for the shout out and taking time to read through everyone’s comments Cecília! All the best to the Test Kitchen Team for the holidays. I am looking forward to the new recipes and test results in 2020.
Can’t get enough of this series. Could we get the bloopers reel and Cecelia breaking and burning stuff? Can’t wait for the next season!
Why is Brian such an ass?
I'll chuck out a suggestion for a challenge that likely won't sound like a challenge: Fried Rice. Chicken, shrimp, veggie, whatever. Find the best one in the country and duplicate it. Everyone says it's easy to make and virtually everyone has a different recipe, so what's the best version?
I know the perfect dish for the next season…Poutine. The fries, the gravy, the hard part are the cheese curds, would it be possible to make it accessible to home cooks to make cheese curds.
Super happy to hear that Cecelia will be back with another series – I really enjoyed this one!