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The handle is comfortable for novice to advanced cooks with a variety of hand sizes and doesn’t become slippery when wet or greasy. 3 years of digital access + santoku knife [START ALL ACCESS]( Your price: $179 That’s 54% OFF the $389.80 value [Autumn on a platter.]( Roasted Butternut Squash with Apple Member Rating: [Star Icon] [Comment Icon] 44 comments For your Thanksgiving side dish consideration: A recipe that marries the subtle sweetness of squash and the tart sweetness of apple with a surprisingly perfect topping. Simply peel and cut the squash into 1-inch-thick pieces (your santoku knife will make short work of the slicing) and roast the pieces without flipping. The larger pieces caramelize beautifully on one side, while the squash remains ultracreamy. Add the apple during the last part of cooking. After roasting, top with a zippy vinaigrette. Recipe variations include goat cheese and pepitas or pear and pancetta. 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[Thanksgiving Simplified episode]( Cut through tough squash like it was buttah [GET ACCESS NOW]( Use your santoku knife to prep Thanksgiving and weeknight meals [Our most popular recipe of the year.]( Greek Chicken Member Rating: [Star Icon] [Comment Icon] 258 comments Cook’s Country Executive Food Editor Bryan Roof ate his way around Birmingham, Alabama, and came back to the test kitchen with one dish on his mind: the Greek chicken he devoured at chef-owner Timothy Hontzas’s Johnny’s Restaurant. “Tons of herbs, lots of lemon, a big hit of garlic, and lots of spices.” He got to work creating a failproof version you can make at home, with a few key techniques you’ll learn in the recipe’s step-by-step video (hint: that santoku knife will come in handy!). [“] Delicious recipe, I have made it quite a few times and we love it. A bonus here is watching Bryan break down the chicken in the video - an excellent education, it made me better at breaking down a chicken. In addition to technique a really sharp knife is key IMO. –Kevin P., All-Access Member [”] [Icon] Quick Tip [Slashing the raw pieces of chicken]( In addition to lemon zest, we flavor this dish with a mix of fresh and dried herbs to create an incredibly aromatic Greek-inspired flavor profile. To make sure that those flavors find their way into the chicken, slash the raw pieces before combining them with the marinade. Don’t miss out on the most popular recipe [START ALL ACCESS]( Get a highly-rated Santoku + all the recipes, reviews & videos [Less goo, sugar & work]( Ultranutty Pecan Bars Member Rating: [Star Icon] [Comment Icon] 307 comments Most pecan bars take the cue from pecan pie, with a single layer of nuts dominated by a thick, gooey, ultrasweet filling sitting atop a pat-in-the-pan crust. We’re not opposed to that style, but it’s mainly about the filling and only a little about the nuts. We wanted to create a not-too-sweet bar loaded with pecans (a whopping 4 cups of halved and toasted pecans), a glaze that enhances the pecan flavor, and streamlined steps (it’s a bar cookie, not a pie, after all). Mission(s) accomplished. [“] My husband said these are better than pecan pie. They are super easy, little cleanup and taste great. Buttery and nutty without the sugar punch of pie. Another great remake of a family classic, thanks ATK! –Sherry B., All-Access Member [”] [Icon] Cooking Science [Toasting pecans in oven]( Like browning meat or caramelizing sugar, the simple act of toasting nuts makes them taste remarkably more complex. Toasting not only produces Maillard browning reactions that create hundreds of new flavor compounds but also brings the nuts’ oils to the surface, where they oxidize and produce rich, roasted aromas. But baking nuts as part of a bar cookie or quick bread isn’t enough to produce these results. 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