Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag
Anna Wallner and Kristina Matisic are long-time friends, consumer advocates, and novice home cooks. On each episode of the show, they evaluate all aspects of a cookbook currently available on Canadian bookstore shelves. Although they pre-test the books for several weeks, their ultimate challenge is to prepare a meal in their home kitchen solely from recipes contained within the cookbook for an executive chef guest. Regardless of their cooking prowess or lack thereof, Anna and Kristina, with comments from their guest chef, provide their overall review of the cookbook. Those they recommend get the "A&K stamp of approval". In addition, they product test various types of a piece of kitchen cooking equipment and taste-test different brands of a food product required for the preparation of their meal.
- 2008-2012
- 4 seasons
- Reality
Anna Wallner and Kristina Matisic are long-time friends, consumer advocates, and novice home cooks. On each episode of the show, they evaluate all aspects of a cookbook currently available on Canadian bookstore shelves. Although they pre-test the books for several weeks, their ultimate challenge is to prepare a meal in their home kitchen solely from recipes contained within the cookbook for an executive chef guest. Regardless of their cooking prowess or lack thereof, Anna and Kristina, with comments from their guest chef, provide their overall review of the cookbook. Those they recommend get the "A&K stamp of approval". In addition, they product test various types of a piece of kitchen cooking equipment and taste-test different brands of a food product required for the preparation of their meal.
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Season 4 Episode Guide
Episode 1
100 Recipes Every Woman Should Know
22 mins
The latest cookbook Anna and Kristina are testing, "100 Recipes Every Woman Should Know", which is compiled by the people at Glamour magazine, has what Anna and Kristina believe are extremely high aspirations for half the global population. It states that a woman can get anything she wants in life by cooking and serving these dishes. The cookbook is centered around the engagement chicken recipe, which is said to have nabbed many woman a husband on the spot. In addition to the chicken recipe, they will be preparing five other dishes in two hours, each recipe with a cutesy name: man trouble mojitos, get skinny dip, I hang out with chefs watermelon & tomato salad, I'm so here for you eggplant parmesan, and you rock cupcakes. As they are making the chicken dish, they are expecting a marriage proposal from their guest taster, the suave Fabio Viviani, most famous for his appearance as a fan favorite contestant on Top Chef (2006). Chef Fabio may have some say in the matter, especially depending on his assessment of the chicken. As a backup test, they are also getting two women in serious relationships to make the chicken for their respective partners to see if an engagement ring materializes. In addition, they test different brands of soda makers for the soda water required for the mojitos.
Awards
- 2009 - Leo - Best Cinematography in an Information or Lifestyle Series - Nominated
- 2009 - Leo - Best Cinematography in an Information or Lifestyle Series - Nominated
- 2009 - Leo - Best Direction in an Information or Lifestyle Series - Nominated
- 2009 - Leo - Best Host(s) in an Information or Lifestyle Series - Nominated
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