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I checked my emai from my Croatian hotel (I love wireless connections, by the way), and I noticed this hilarious email that I had to share with you all, even from a galaxy far, far away (well, for me). Cook's Illustrated has a new sister publication, Cook's Country. Read their description and then see my note at the end.
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Cooking
Cook's Country
I checked my emai from my Croatian hotel (I love wireless connections, by the way), and I noticed this hilarious email that I had to share with you all, even from a galaxy far, far away (well, for me). Cook's Illustrated has a new sister publication, Cook's Country. Read their description and then see my note at the end.
We're cooking up a storm . . . to find the best ways to cook the foods you and your family love best. And we're "serving up" all the tasty secrets to you in a new kind of magazine called Cook's Country. Cook's Country is not about fancy cooking or expensive restaurants or foods with names you can't pronounce. The recipes are honest country fare. Your free trial issue features recipes for Extra-Crunchy Fried Chicken, Cheesy Mashed Potatoes, Ice Cream Cupcakes, S'mores Brownies, and Country-Style Pot Roast (made in a slow cooker). Each issue of Cook's Country also includes equipment round-ups, kitchen shortcuts, and recipe contests (with the winning reader recipes published in the magazine). In addition, the magazine welcomes interaction with readers and even includes a section where readers tell Cook's Country what?s cooking in their communities.Okay, here's some food for thought: HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM COOK'S ILLUSTRATED? Sure there's this community feature, but everything but the last couple sentences could be a press release for Cook's Illustrated as well! (And does Cook's Illustrated not welcome interaction with readers? That's what I'd infer.) CI has never been shy about repackaging their recipes, as I've mentioned before, but this seems brazen even for them.
Anyway, I think I'll pass and keep my CI subscription.
- Cheap Holiday Gifts!
I am not only a cooking magazine addict. I am a cooking magazine pusher. It probably comes as no surprise that I absolutely love cooking magazines and subscribe to a whole passel of them. But I also think they make a great gift for the foodie or wannabe...
- Cook's Illustrated
I was interviewed the other day by the Online Journalism Review for the article Cook's Illustrated: Stirring up synergy to sell online food content . They asked my opinion about Cook's Illustrated and I gave it. And so the hate mail began. In...
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