Best-Ever Salads 2025 Special Issue

Recipes & Techniques for Building Better Salads

A salad has the potential to be the star of the table: a complete meal that's unique, refreshing, colorful, and full of flavor. It's fun to bring people together, easy on the eye, and fabulously satisfying on the plate. This special issue is full of imaginative, tried-and-tested recipes that will inspire you to embrace salad making like you never have before.

While there are lots of lettuce and other green salads here, that's just the start. Try our Roasted Pattypan Squash and Corn Salad, our Crispy Lentil and Herb Salad, Nam Tok, and Zesty Shrimp Pesto Pasta Salad. You'll also get recipes for our best vinaigrettes and dressings, crouton and other crunchy topping how-tos, quick pickles and more.

More from The Book:

The Complete Collection, and Then Some!

Every recipe from every episode is included, with recipes from the 2023 season and brand-new episodes created for streaming platforms grouped together as addendums in the new edition. Plus, find bonus recipe variations within the book that are exclusively for our readers.

Cook Along with Bridget and Julia

Enjoy mastering a new recipe while tuning in to and following along with new episodes of America’s Test Kitchen with all-new recipes. Every recipe that has appeared on the show is in this cookbook, along with the test kitchen's indispensable notes and tips. You’ll also find a shopping guide that shows what ingredients the ATK Reviews team recommends so that you can re-create the exact dish you see on your screen.

New and Improved Shopping Guide

Enjoy mastering a new recipe while tuning in to and following along with new episodes of America’s Test Kitchen with all-new recipes. Every recipe that has appeared on the show is in this cookbook, along with the test kitchen's indispensable notes and tips. You’ll also find a shopping guide that shows what ingredients the ATK Reviews team recommends so that you can re-create the exact dish you see on your screen.