Cook's Country
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Genre | Cooking |
Directed by | Herb Sevush |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 11 |
No. of episodes | 143 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers | Mary Agnes Jack Bishop Julia Collin-Davison Bridget Lancaster |
Production location | Rupert, Vermont |
Running time | 27 minutes |
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Release | September 6, 2008 present | –
Cook's Country is an American half-hour television cooking show on the PBS channel. The show is based on Cook's Country magazine (published by the same company as Cook's Illustrated) and a cover of the magazine appears at the start of each episode.
The show's eleventh season is currently airing as of Late August 2018.[1]
Cast
Cook's Country is structured similarly to America's Test Kitchen, with many of the same cast. Christopher Kimball, Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin-Davison are primarily featured, with Erin McMurrer joining the regular cast in Season 2. Jack Bishop is once again in charge of the Tasting Lab, while Adam Ried continues to feature new products in the Equipment Corner. During Season 1, Kimball's neighbor Axel Blomberg occasionally appeared on-screen with a dish of the featured recipe, exhibiting how the recipe could be badly executed.
Julia Collin-Davison did not appear during Season 2, having given birth to a daughter shortly before that season's episodes were filmed.[citation needed] She returned in Season 3.
On November 16, 2015, a news release from Boston Commons Press, parent company of Cooks Country, Cooks Illustrated, and America's Test Kitchen, announced the departure of Christopher Kimball over a contract dispute. Season 9's TV programs had already been filmed with Kimball as the host, but he would not appear on any future episodes.[2]
Due to the departure of Christopher Kimball, Bridget Lancaster & Julia Collin-Davison began hosting Cook's Country in Season 10. Also in Season 10, America's Test Kitchen staff members Ashley Moore, Christie Morrison and Bryan Roof were added to the cast while Erin McMurrer, having moved to the America's Test Kitchen cast, is no longer seen on air on Cook's Country (but remains credited as a behind the scenes crew member). Season 11 added Lan Lam to the Cast.
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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1 | 13 | September 6, 2008 | November 29, 2008 | |
2 | 13 | September 5, 2009 | November 28, 2009 | |
3 | 13 | September 4, 2010 | November 27, 2010 | |
4 | 13 | September 10, 2011 | January 14, 2012 | |
5 | 13 | September 15, 2012 | December 8, 2012 | |
6 | 13 | September 7, 2013 | November 23, 2013 | |
7 | 13 | August 30, 2014 | November 22, 2014 | |
8 | 13 | September 13, 2015 | December 6, 2015 | |
9 | 13 | August 27, 2016 | November 19, 2016 | |
10 | 13 | August 26, 2017 | November 18, 2017 | |
11 | 13 | August 25, 2018 | November 17, 2018 | |
12 | 13 | August 24, 2019 | November 16, 2019 | |
13 | 13 | September 12, 2020 | December 5, 2020 | |
14 | 13 | September 18, 2021 | December 11, 2021 | |
15 | 18 | August 20, 2022 | December 17, 2022 |
In contrast to its predecessor, Cook's Country focuses on recipes that are more rustic, especially those from South or Southwestern America. The hosts begins each segment with a historical perspective on each recipe prior to the demonstration.
The Tasting Lab segments are filmed before a live audience on location, a farmhouse in Rupert, Vermont.[3]
The theme music, "Right Between Your Eyes", is performed by the San Francisco bluegrass band, Hot Buttered Rum.[3]
A title card at the end of each episode of Season 1 reads "In Memory of Felicia Armstrong (1978–2007)", a kitchen assistant murdered on November 1, 2007.[4]
References
- ^ "America'sTestKitchen on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ^ "Christopher Kimball to Leave America's Test Kitchen". Cook's Illustrated. November 16, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ a b Muse, Heather (October 9, 2008). "Comparing Cook's Country to America's Test Kitchen". Delish. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ Patrick McArdle (2007). "Two Dead in Rupert Murder-Suicide". Rutland Herald. Retrieved September 18, 2010.