Celebrate Cook's Illustrated's 25th anniversary with a special collection of CI's ground-breaking recipes and extraordinary innovations. See why Cook's Illustrated is changing the way America cooks, one recipe at a time.

Cook's Illustrated recipe testing process leaves no culinary stone unturned, and this has led to some pretty surprising discoveries. CI's recipes are not just foolproof, they have changed the way America cooks. Examples range from hard-boiled eggs that aren't actually boiled to perfectly grilled steaks that start in the oven, plus secret ingredients ranging from baking soda to dried milk powder to gelatin. We've made international favorites like Dolsot Bibimbap accessible for the home kitchen by cooking ours family-style in a Dutch oven, but we've also challenged traditional wisdom on the simplest fare like whole roast chicken; ours is butterflied and cooked under the broiler for chicken perfection in under an hour. Included alongside the recipes are the smart, funny essays that detail the fascinating path of how each recipe came to be, complete with bursts of insight and wrong turns, plus sidebars, helpful illustrations, and gorgeous full-page photos, all to tell the story of what Cook's Illustrated does best.