magazines

[cooki]

what magazine would you recommend me, Bon Appetit or Gourmet? i am not really sure which one's better.. or what each of them concentrates on..

[lyneotto]

New Zealand editiion of Cusine! Awesome!
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[foodpump]

Hang out at the newsstand and thumb through them.
Personally, I like to read "Fine Cooking" and "Cook's Illustrated". These mags focus on cooking, cooking techniques, new ingredients and food science. As a bonus "Cook's" has NO ADVERTISING, no 14 pages of luxury auto ads before you can get to the table of contents, and neither of them rely on featuring any famous restaurants or big Chefs and their egos.

[cakerookie]

I second foodpumps recommendation. Fine Cooking and Cooks Illustrated.

Rgds Cakerookie...aka Rook

[GreaseChef]

Great suggestions from FoodPump. I'd add Saveur to the list as well.

Get your mag subscriptions on eBay. I paid $14 each for four years of Saveur and Gourmet. (ie: $3.50/ year each) I do not know how they do it, but the magazines do start coming after about 3 months. One thing though, make sure that shipping is included. Some magazine subscription sellers tack on a hefty "shipping" fee, don't use these ones.

Then, don't decide which is better, just get them all.

[MikeLM]

Can't beat Cook's Illusrated, and I also get their Country Cooking. Both tout their exhaustive research on each recipe.

We got Saveur for a year, but didn't do much with it. Recipes seemed a little too elaborate. I look at Wine Spectator at our son's house, but get almost all my wine at Trader Joe's. Just this morning they had Lindeman's Bin 80 Cabernet/Merlot red and their Bin 70 Chardonnay/Riesling white as a "special buy" for $3.99 each. Got a case of each. Should hold us through the weekend.

If you feel adventurous, take a look at Chili Pepper magazine. They've been beefed up and are elaborately produced these days, and a lot of fun, with many good recipes and restaurant/regional cooking reviews.

Mike