This annual best-of-the-best collection of recipes, tastings, and testings has once again been carefully selected from the hundreds of recipes developed throughout the last year by the editors of Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines and from the new cookbooks The Perfect Pie, The Ultimate Burger, How to Cocktail, Bowls, Mediterranean Instant Pot, Everything Chocolate, and Easy Everyday Keto. The 2021 edition offers a wide array of everyday-to-sophisticated foolproof recipes ranging from Double-Decker Drive-Thru Burgers, Sweet Potato Crunch, and Eggplant Pecorino to Roasted Beef Chuck Roast with Horserdish-Parsley Sauce, Oven-Steamed Fish with Scallions and Ginger, and Whole Roast Ducks with Cherry Sauce The book ends with a chapter of impressive desserts including Fresh Plum-Ginger Pie, Chocolate Pavlova, and Caramel-Espresso Yule Log. All of the year's top ingredient tastings and equipment testings are also included.