Comments on: How Many Food Magazines Are There?

Comment on How Many Food Magazines Are There? by: Ed Rust

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 15:59:59 +0000

Someone asked about an Asian cooking magazine. At our site, www.magsampler.com, we offer samples copies of hundreds of smaller magazines, including food magazines. One of our newest is Flavor & Fortune, devoted to Chinese cooking. Take a look!

Comment on How Many Food Magazines Are There? by: ejm

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 15:59:59 +0000

Of course, one can’t agree on everything. Wouldn’t life be dull if we did?

One of the problems that my husband has with SAVEUR is that their recipes often call for special ingredients. There is a reference at the back of the magazine offering places that sell the ingredients but there is rarely a suggestion for substitution. The only times I’ve seen suggestions is for cuts of meat or fish that are not at all available in the US. (For instance: a recipe in the November issue calls for self-rising white corn meal - it seems like a simple thing for them to offer a substitute as well as a place to buy the actual thing)

In re: Indian magazines: did you see this site?
http://in.dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Food_and_Drink/Magazines/

Comment on How Many Food Magazines Are There? by: Barbara Fisher

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 15:59:59 +0000

Hello Shirley--it is great to hear from you again! Thanks for posting! I knew that there had to be food magazines in Asia--but unfortunately, there are none that cover Asian foods exclusively here in the US, which is a shame.

But the magazines you are talking about sound interesting.

Welcome, BNA! Have you had trouble with Bon Appetit and Gourmet recipes working? Hrm. I will have to investigate that. One thing I have become very picky about is how recipes are written. I think it comes of having written recipes for cooking classes, where I taught folks fairly difficult techniques, and so I had to translate what I did in the class onto paper so they could take it home and recreate it. And now that I blog, I am writing recipes all the time, and so I refine my methods of conveying cooking information.

One thing I noticed in a few magazines was that some recipe writers are very sparse in their directions--such that novice cooks would have a very hard time getting the recipe to come out.

I think that there is no excuse for that.

I will definately try some recipes out of Gourmet and Bon Appetit and see what happens....

Mika--welcome! I am glad to see you here--I really think you would like Eating Well if you like Cooking Light.

I am very interested in the Indian magazines--I wonder if any are available in the US? I shall have to do some research and see....

Comment on How Many Food Magazines Are There? by: Mika

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 15:59:59 +0000

Nice discussion here. I subscribe to Cooking Light but I like to read Vegetarian times, Bon Appetit, MS Living and Cook’s illustrated. I do not like Gourmet much in terms of recipes (too simple or too complicated) but love their photos, though they do not have too many.

I have to read an Eating well magazine- seems like a good one. As far as Indian food magazines, I know only Tarla dalal magazine and that is a blatant lift out of MS Living in terms of design. Most recipes in Indian magazines appear in Women’s magazines like Femina and Women’s era.

Comment on How Many Food Magazines Are There? by: BNA

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 15:59:59 +0000

Oh, what a good debate. I subscribe to too many food magazines, but just when my ardor for a title starts to fade, the next issue will have something interesting. Let’s see. Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Vegetarian Times (can get preachy), Cook’s Illustrated, Saveur (not so fond of this one right now — I always feel unworthy when reading it), Food & Wine, Cooking Light (I skip the entire lifestyle half of the magazine to get to the recipes), the King Arthur Flour newsletter, Eating Well…wow. No wonder my magazine basket is always overflowing.

Actually, while not a food magazine, Shape often has excellent and healthful recipes. And they work, which is more than I can say for some offerings from Gourmet and Bon Appetit.