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Anna & Kristina spend one entire day tackling five recipes from Julia Child's iconic cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Can women really have it all? Anna and Kristina dig into some cleverly titled recipes to find out. Celebrity Chef Fabio Viviani won't get down on one knee if he isn't wooed by their engagement chicken.

100 Recipes Every Woman Should Know

Anna and Kristina love chocolate, anywhere, anytime. But will their passion for this luscious treat translate to the kitchen? French Pastry Chef Bruno Feldeisen will stick it to them if they don't hit the sweet spot.

Absolutely Chocolate

Anna and Kristina hit the road to find out what it's like to cook in a real food truck. From cramped cooking quarters to improvising on the spot to Spam Sliders - will they be able to deliver on the go?

Food Trucks

Anna and Kristina love Italian cooking and famed chef Mario Batali is known for making some of the best. A&K tackle his renowned Bucatini all'Amatriciana; but will they be able to fill the big man's big shoes?

The Babbo Cookbook

Is it possible to have 700 favourite recipes? Jacques Pepin says yes, but will Anna and Kristina agree. De-boning a chicken and creating the perfect omelet are only two of the tough challenges they face.

The Essential Pépin

The author of My Pizza, Jim Lahey, claims his recipes replicate the same crust using a standard home oven as what can be achieved in a commercial wood-burning oven. In three hours, they plan to prepare four different types of pizzas - plus roasted squash and pumpkin seed salad, and corn gelato.

My Pizza

To test their latest cookbook "Mourad, New Moroccan" which focuses on modern takes of traditional Moroccan dishes, Anna and Kristina feel they can only properly do so by traveling to Marrakech, Morocco.

Mourad: The New Moroccan

Country music star Trisha Yearwood's cookbook is filled with her family's southern favorites, and she vouches for every single recipe in the book. It is down-home comfort food, by no means low-fat. Anna & Kristina prepare six dishes in two and a half hours: mama's waffles with maple syrup, Georgia pate, sweetened iced tea, baked spaghetti, chicken piccata, and red velvet cake.

Home Cooking with Trisha Yearwood

Does gluten-free equal flavor-free? Kristina doesn't think so, but Anna isn't so sure. Kristina is part of a growing movement of people eating gluten-free. Will Anna be converted or will she stick to her diet of doughy delights?

Artisanal Gluten-Free Cooking

Trying to impress one judge with their cooking is usually enough of a challenge for Anna and Kristina. When they tackle a menu for 75 savvy diners will their family meal become a family feud?

The Family Meal

If you remove oil, cheese, alcohol and meat, what's left? Anna and Kristina test this bestselling lifestyle cookbook to see if this spare fare tempts the palette of diet and  exercise guru Harley Pasternak.

The Engine 2 Diet

Anna and Kristina indulge in the sweet, fresh taste of summer with a menu including gazpacho with Dungeness crab and pacific sashimi towers. Will this meal have summer sizzle or are storm clouds moving in?

Whitewater Cooks with Friends

Anna and Kristina set off for Newfoundland in search of moose, cod and a good time. But amidst the screech and scoff can these dedicated west coasters pull off passable east coast fare?

The Treasury of Newfoundland Dishes

Moving on from their series The Shopping Bags, producer-hosts Anna Wallner and Kristina Matisic focus on the kitchen, putting cookbooks, kitchen products, and cooking ingredients to the test.

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Season 1

Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2008