Cook's Illustrated is not only the best cooking magazine, it is the best magazine I've ever read. If I could only subscribe to one magazine (a frightening thought to this magazineholic!) it would be Cook's. This is a magazine that you will not only read cover-to-cover, but will keep forever.
I get several other cooking magazines, and several things make this one stand out. First of all, they don't accept advertising (Taste of Home is another cooking magazine that doesn't have advertising). Every page is full of interesting recipes and reviews. There are no articles about vacationing in the South of France, exercising or growing herbs on your kitchen windowsill like there are in some other so-called cooking magazines.
The articles don't just list a bunch of recipes, they explain in great (and fascinating) detail exactly how the author experimented to come up the perfect recipe. Each issue includes many recipes that I want to try. There are a variety of different types of recipe, from very simple to quite complex, but the most important thing about all of them is that they were included for their taste, not the way they look or their trendy ingredients.
The magazine is also very attractive, with beautiful color drawings of food on the front and back, and numerous black-and-white photos and diagrams inside. Some people might miss color photos on every page, but I don't.
Besides the wonderful recipes, there are also reviews of cookbooks, food (such as chocolate, rice and maple syrup) and cooking equipment (such as roasting pans and knives.) These reviews have been a great help to me in purchasing kitchen items.
I highly recommend Cook's Illustrated to anyone that cooks, or anyone who is interested in food. It is absolutely the best cooking magazine.
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