On Dec 2, 10:27*am, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > Just got a free subscription to Bon Appetit and know nothing about the
> > magazine. Is it worth getting free or should I just ignore it? Curious
> > minds and all that.
>
> At free I'd say it is worth the cost. *I'd not pay for it because it is just
> a lot of advertisements with minimal content. *I do like their web site
> sometimes. *Their food pictures are usually not real, they are quite heavily
> faked such as painting turkeys with iodine to make them perfectly brown or
> using white glue in place of a cream sauce.
>
> Paul

ALL food stylists use such tricks. They aren't unique to Bon
Appetit. Ice cream is usually mashed potatoes - does it matter,
really? What they show you is what things can look like if the recipe
is followed. The stylists' tricks are needed because of the length of
the photo shoot, and the heat from the lights.

N.