The Side Dish from America’s Test Kitchen
America's Test Kitchen
Show overview
The Side Dish from America’s Test Kitchen has published 12 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode during 2026. That works out to roughly 6 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 31 min and 38 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 12 episodes already out so far this year. Published by America's Test Kitchen.
From the publisher
What happens when two of TV’s top cooking hosts ditch their aprons to go off-script? America’s Test Kitchen veterans Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison dive into food fights, travel snack debates, and answer your most burning culinary questions in a hilarious new podcast about life, eating, and everything in between.
Latest Episodes
Family Traditions
Late Night Foods & Drinks
It’s Grilling Season
Food Indulgences
Spring Cleaning
Cooking for a Crowd
From Past Jobs to Primetime
In this episode, Julia and Bridget reminisce about jobs past and how they learned to be hosts on camera. Plus, they offer advice on work-night meal prepping, and Julia brings in the resume she used to apply to her job at America’s Test Kitchen.
On the Road
In this episode, Bridget’s travel hack sandwich makes a grand cameo. Julia and Bridget also dish about their favorite restaurants, the fun antics on stage at their PBS road shows, and weigh in on what is–and isn’t–acceptable in-flight etiquette. Check out our website for our take on the Best Chef's Knives!
Lights, Camera, Action
Julia and Bridget kick off awards season by dropping some behind-the-scenes knowledge about how TV shows and movies make their food look so good. Plus, they discuss which celebrities–dead or alive–they’d invite to dinner. Want to try our Grilled Paella, a recipe Julia and Bridget deemed fit to serve to Kevin Bacon and Meryl Streep? Check it out here!
Romance on the Menu
In this episode, Bridget and Julia chat about romantic dinner fails, how they celebrate Valentine’s Day, and test their taste buds with a blind taste test of a box of chocolates. Valentine's Day may be past us, but you don't need a special occasion to try out some recipes from our book, Cooking for Two!
Getting Ready for Game Day
In this premiere episode of The Side Dish, hosts of America's Test Kitchen, Julia Collin-Davison and Bridget Lancaster, sit down to talk all things game day. Julia and Bridget share their wildest game day stories, chat about what to cook for a successful tailgating feast, and they guess how many pounds of guacamole are eaten on Super Bowl Sundays. If this episode got you excited about classic game day food, check out our recipes for Batter Fried Chicken and Chili con Carne.
The Side Dish from America's Test Kitchen
trailerTV’s top cooking hosts—and friends of two decades—are ditching their aprons and going off script. America’s Test Kitchen veterans Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison share behind-the-scenes stories from America’s most popular instructional cooking show, debate the best travel snacks (and more), discuss their favorite kitchen hacks, and answer your burning culinary questions in a hilarious video podcast about life, food, and everything in between.