I've been thinking about signing up for cook's illustrated myself. Do they have
electronic copies, and are they only image pdf files like a lot of magazines
that offer online subscriptions?
The lack of accuracy in Asian and international dishes is something i've
noticed from them, too. They have a chicken mole recipe in Slow Cooker
Revolution that, frankly, is awful, for example. However, they do have some
very good stuff otherwise.
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From: "Jonathan Rawlings" <twosocks76@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 08:38:00 -0800
Subject: [blindcooks] Re: So disappointed
From the comments and reviews I read online, I would say the answer is no.
I'll always continue to remain a huge fan of "Cooks' Illustrated" even if
they're not so great at international or Asian recipes, because the vast
majority of their recipes are so good, and they do not accept advertising of
any kind. I have heard that Gourmet magazine is very good as is Food and
Wine, but I don't have access to those in audio format. But it's not just
about the amount of ads in the pages of Bon Appetit, it's about the
declining content in the rest of each issue.
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From: "Rob" <captinlogic@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 8:21 AM
Subject: [blindcooks] Re: So disappointed
I wonder if this is a trend in all magazines or just this one. I don't
follow any mags at all, but I'd be interested to see if advertising is
squeezing out useful content across the board.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Rawlings" <twosocks76@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Blind Cooks List" <blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 08:14:58 -0800
Subject: [blindcooks] So disappointed
Sorry, folks, but I just have to vent a little this morning. And yes,
it's related to food. I am so very disappointed in what I'm finding, or
not, inside the latest issues of "Bon Appetit Magazine". I think it
started a couple years ago in the January issue of that year, when one of
the writers predicted that pot in food and cooking would become a thing or
a trend. I would look forward to each issue with some degree of
anticipation, hoping for a couple of recipes that sounded good enough to
try, but found fewer and fewer of those in each issue. For a short time
last year, I found some cause to renew my hope when the food writers said
each issue would contain what they called "B.A.'s Best" which would be one
excellent recipe that had been tested and tried until the ideal result was
achieved. But that only lasted for a couple of issues and hasn't been
seen in the months since. Then, January of this year came, and there
wasn't even an issue available for download from BARD. Then I get
February's issue, and there's almost nothing in there worth reading at
all. And, there are fewer recipes. I've read commentary online from
sighted people complaining that the number of pages dedicated to
advertising are squeezing out more and more discussion about food and
cooking. And what discussion there is tends more toward trendy food and
what is supposedly-fashionable that good recipes are almost an after
thought. Has anyone else experienced the same letdown as I have with "Bon
Appetit" lately as I have? And Mark Ashby isn't even narating the
magazines any more, which I also find disappointing, especially since the
new narater is harder to understand...I think. Thoughts, if any?
Jon
