Anna Wallner and Kristina Matisic are long time friends, consumer advocates, and novice home cooks. On each episode of the show, they evaluate all aspects of a cookbook currently available on Canadian bookstore shelves. Although they do some pretesting of the books for several weeks, their ultimate challenge is to prepare a meal in their home kitchen solely from recipes contained within the cookbook for an executive chef guest. Regardless of their cooking prowess or lack thereof, Anna and Krist…
Anna Wallner and Kristina Matisic are long time friends, consumer advocates, and novice home cooks. On each episode of the show, they evaluate all aspects of a cookbook currently available on Canadian bookstore shelves. Although they do some pretesting of the books for several weeks, their ultimate challenge is to prepare a meal in their home kitchen solely from recipes contained within the cookbook for an executive chef guest. Regardless of their cooking prowess or lack thereof, Anna and Krist…
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Seasons (4)
Season 1
3 Sep 2008 – 26 Nov 2008 · 13 episodes
1Mastering the Art of French Cooking3 Sep 2008
2Pure Desserts10 Sep 2008
3Cook With Jamie17 Sep 2008
4Betty Crocker's Cookbook24 Sep 2008
5Mangoes and Curry Leaves30 Sep 2008
6Nobu West8 Oct 2008
7Silver Palette15 Oct 2008
8New Lighthearted22 Oct 2008
9How to Grill29 Oct 2008
10The New Intercourses5 Nov 2008
11Everyday Italian12 Nov 2008
12Martha Stewart Christmas19 Nov 2008
13New Food Fast26 Nov 2008
Season 2
7 Jan 2009 – 30 Dec 2009 · 26 episodes
1The Best Light Recipe7 Jan 2009
2Essentials of Italian Cooking14 Jan 2009
3The French Laundry21 Jan 2009
4Campground Cookery28 Jan 2009
5Mexican Kitchen4 Feb 2009
6Nigella Express11 Feb 2009
7Deceptively Delicious18 Feb 2009
8O Magazine Cookbook25 Feb 2009
9The Joy of Cooking4 Mar 2009
10Thai Food11 Mar 2009
11Garlic, Garlic, Garlic18 Mar 2009
12Jewish Home Cooking25 Mar 2009
13Vegetarian1 Apr 2009
14Fat3 Jun 2009
15The Best of the Best and More10 Jun 2009
16The Cake Bible17 Jun 2009
17Barefoot Contessa24 Jun 2009
18Entertaining with Booze1 Jul 2009
19Flexitarian Cooking8 Jul 2009
20Small Bites15 Jul 2009
21Chinese Kitchen9 Sep 2009
22Alenia16 Sep 2009
23Gourmet Magazine23 Sep 2009
24Cowboy in the Kitchen30 Sep 2009
25A Good Catch7 Oct 2009
26Chef Daniel Boulud Cooking in NYC30 Dec 2009
Season 3
22 Sep 2010 – 20 Apr 2011 · 26 episodes
1How to Cook Everything22 Sep 2010
2Diners Drive-Ins and Dives29 Sep 2010
3The Skinnygirl Dish13 Oct 2010
4Bon Appetite, Y'All20 Oct 2010
5New Moosewood Cookbook27 Oct 2010
6Grand Livre de Cuisine3 Nov 2010
7Three Sisters Around the Greek Table10 Nov 2010
8Bite Me17 Nov 2010
9Williams-Sonoma Entertaining: Christmas Entertaining24 Nov 2010
10Lucinda's Authentic Jamaican Kitchen29 Nov 2010
11Gordon Ramsay's Family Fare5 Jan 2011
12Where People Feast: An Indigenous People's Cookbook12 Jan 2011
13The Best of Croatian Cooking19 Jan 2011
14Marguerite Patten's Best British Dishes26 Jan 2011
15The Pleasures of Cooking for One2 Feb 2011
16Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill Cookbook9 Feb 2011
17The River Cottage Meat Book16 Feb 2011
18Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind Craft or Everyday Cooking23 Feb 2011
19A16 Food & Wine2 Mar 2011
20The Ski House Cookbook9 Mar 2011
21Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook16 Mar 2011
22Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook23 Mar 2011