Comfort food makeovers

A recipe collection focused on American comfort food and casual restaurant favorites, this volume from America's Test Kitchen applies the organization's characteristic technique-driven, test-kitchen methodology to the task of reducing fat and calories in familiar dishes without simply cutting portion sizes. Drawing on exhaustive recipe testing, the book presents nearly 200 lighter versions of home-cooked classics as well as indulgent restaurant and fast-food staples—ranging from lasagna to cinnamon rolls—with fat reduced by roughly half and calories by approximately a third. Aimed at the everyday home cook, it functions primarily as a practical recipe collection grounded in clearly explained technique, making lighter eating accessible without requiring significant departures from beloved flavors or formats.