The Evolution of the American Cookie: 30 Years of Innovation at America's Test Kitchen
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Join Julia Collin Davison , executive editorial director of America's Test Kitchen , for a delicious look into how cookie baking has evolved over the past 30 years. Drawing on recipes and insights from the show's new book, The New Cookie: Creative Takes on the Classics You Love , Davison reveals the science behind irresistible cookies. In conversation with Megan J. Elias , curator of food and wine history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Davison considers how cookies have reflected America's changing tastes, traditions, and home-baking culture across generations.