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AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED: Great Grilled Burgers & Sweet Potato Fries

Best Grilled Burger
Courtesy of Carl Tremblay/ WGBH
Best Grilled Burger

Airs Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV

Dan Souza fires up the grill.
Courtesy of WGBH
Dan Souza fires up the grill.
Thick-Cut Sweet Potato Fries
Courtesy of Carl Tremblay/ WGBH
Thick-Cut Sweet Potato Fries

Christopher Kimball and the cast of AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN, the most-watched cooking show on public television and a 2012 Daytime Emmy nominee, use a common-sense, practical approach to solve everyday cooking problems and save viewers time and money. Kimball and dedicated test kitchen cooks Bridget Lancaster, Julia Collin Davison and Rebecca Hays reveal the basics of foolproof home cooking while preparing dozens of exhaustively tested recipes.

Season 15 features 51 all-new recipes, including modern cheese souffle, best chicken stew, broiled pork tenderloin, cioppino, fresh strawberry mousse, the best baguette, grilled fish tacos, the best grilled burger, French apple tart and more.

The popular segments viewers love and trust also return: The Tasting Lab's Jack Bishop challenges Kimball to taste-test supermarket staples before revealing AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN'S top recommendations for jasmine rice, white beans, dark chocolate, orange juice, frozen yogurt and other foods. Adam Ried, the test kitchen's resident equipment expert, takes Kimball through the unbiased results for mixing bowls, ladles, mandolines, French presses and other kitchen items. Each episode concludes with Kimball sharing the test kitchen's tips and techniques for aerating wine, cooking crispy yet tender bacon, and thawing meat quickly, among others.

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"Great Grilled Burgers & Sweet Potato Fries" - Man on the street Doc Willoughby visits Tony Maws at Craigie on Main to learn all about burgers from a pro. Then, host Christopher Kimball goes into the kitchen with test cook Bridget Lancaster to learn how to make the Best Grilled Burger at home. Next, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of Swiss Cheese. And finally, test cook Dan Souza uncovers the secrets to making Thick-Cut Sweet Potato Fries.

Episodes from past seasons are now available for online viewing. AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN is on Facebook, Google +, Pinterest, and you can follow @TestKitchen on Twitter.

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