On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:43:53 -0800 (PST), Greg Esres
> wrote:

>Are the testers trained cooks or just amateurs? Although I love the
>magazine, I have trouble believing the story behind their arrival at
>some recipes. For instance, there was one article about how
>"research" suggested that beating softened butter with sugar was
>making their cookies puffy. And another about how they had to invent
>the idea of a two-level fire on a grill. I mean, these are basic
>concepts. I suspect that the author of the story was taking great
>liberties with the facts in order to make it sound more like an
>adventure.

"Taunton's Fine Cooking" is very similar. I like CI, but I think I
like TFC just as much.

http://www.taunton.com/finecooking/

Lou