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Sheryl Rosen wrote:
> Cindy Fuller at wrote on 3/10/05 7:18 PM:
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>>In article .com>,
>>"Leo Scanlon" > wrote:
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>>>I got my charter issue of "Cook's Country," the new magazine from
>>>the Cook's Illustrated folks. The first thing that hit me was, man,
>>>this sucker is huge! I don't mean thickness-wise (it's only 32
>>>pages), but it's about the size of the old Life magazine. That's a
>>>negative for me. But that's about the only negative I have. It's
>>>very reader-oriented, with a lot of content coming from contest
>>>results, stories of cooking mishaps, requests for recipes, and the
>>>like. In fact, it's a little like this newsgroup, except this
>>>rec.food.cooking doesn't cost me $19.99/year.
>>>
>>>Will I pay for the subscription? I haven't decided yet. God knows
>>>we don't need another magazine coming into the house, but it looks
>>>worthwhile and is certainly entertaining.
>>>
>>>Leo
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>>I was underwhelmed. I decided not to subscribe.
>>
>>Cindy
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> On a related note, I got a sample issue of Cook's Illustrated the other day.
> I think a year's subscription is about $20. I was invited to get Cook's
> Country, but it sounded to me like a low-rent version of Cook's Illustrated,
> so I tossed the invite for the free issue.
>
> Now I got CI. I really enjoyed reading it, but I'm not sure I'd want it for
> a year.
>
> Am trying to figure out how I got on this list, since I moved almost 2 years
> ago and really haven't put my name on many mailings with this address. it's
> amazing how little junk mail you get when you don't give out your address,
> except to friends and the utility companies. I did subscribe to Everyday
> Food, which is a food magazine I really enjoy and I actually make the
> recipes in there. I was a charter subscriber to that one, though I took a
> year off when I first moved. Ah-Hah! That's probably how they got me.
> Anyway, I look forward to that magazine every month. The food is easy to
> prepare but always elegant, and always using the freshest ingredients, and
> not too many boxed items. (Canned tomatoes, canned stock--frozen veggies,
> frozen ravioli, stuff like that, for convenience's sake, but that's about
> it). Sort of an upscale "America's Home Cooking".
>
> Anyway, I really like Everyday Food, the magazine, but am not thrilled with
> the tv show.
>
> And I haven't decided if I want a year's worth of Cook's Illustrated.
>
> I liked it....but I'm not sure if it would hold my interest for 12 months.
>
Following up, my 83-year-old mom likes the no nonsense approach of this
new magazine. Cuts all the extraneous stuff outta Cook's Illustrated.
Everyone will fall somewhere between loving it or hating it.
I view it as a stripped down to the essentials version of CI.
jim
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