Comment by silverlake
3 years ago
From what I’ve read and seen, many cookbook authors test their recipes repeatedly in home kitchens. Most have testers or volunteers to ensure they make sense and work. By contrast I have some books that are restaurant recipes they purposely did not modify for home use. They are ridiculously complex and interesting.
For example, here America’s Test Kitchen: https://www.americastestkitchen.com/articles/5237-join-our-c...
Yes, most do! If you want a fortress of well-tested recipes I highly recommend Smitten Kitchen. Everything tested to great depths...
https://smittenkitchen.com/
https://www.seriouseats.com/ takes a similar approach (and tends to attract folks from Cooks Illustrated / America's Test Kitchen).