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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Cooking: Art or Science?

    If the way to our hearts is through our stomachs, what happens when you bring the brain into it? That’s what the cooking show “America’s Test Kitchen” has built its brand on: ultra specific, scientifically-tested methods that favor exact formulas over imprecise, dash-of-this, dash-of-that cooking.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 13, 2016 • 1 min read

    If the way to our hearts is through our stomachs, what happens when you bring the brain into it? That’s what the cooking show “America’s Test Kitchen” has built its brand on: ultra specific, scientifically-tested methods that favor exact formulas over imprecise, dash-of-this, dash-of-that cooking. “America’s Test Kitchen” will launch a new web venture to further that brand in July. In the meantime, Madeleine hosts a debate on the best way to cook: from the head or from the heart?

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      J. Kenji López-Alt

      author of “The Wok: Recipes and Techniques”

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      Kristen Miglore

      Creative Director at Food52, Author of "Genius Recipes: 100 Recipes that Will Change the Way You Cook"

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