Bimonthly American cooking magazine, founded and edited by Christopher Kimball. Accepts no advertising. Characterized by extensive recipe testing and detailed instructions, the magazine also conducts equally thorough evaluations of kitchen equipment and branded foods and ingredients. The magazine's staff also produces the PBS cooking show America's Test Kitchen. A sister magazine, Cook's Country, which emphasizes home-style cooking, was launched in October 2004. A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles. ... Christopher Kimball is founder, editor, and publisher of Cooks Illustrated magazine (formerly Cooks Magazine). ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ...