Haven't looked through it much, but it's about comfort food.
Barbara
Barbara
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then find someone whose life has given them vodka.
Just Got The Latest Issue!
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Haven't looked through it much, but it's about comfort food.
Barbara
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then find someone whose life has given them vodka.
Time to let #94 go and 'sticky' #95, I guess.
Retired and having fun writing cookbooks, tasting wine and sharing recipes with all my friends.
www.achefsjourney.com
Already? I'm so behind. Retirement can't come too soon! Too soon for a countdown? Eight months and 16 days! But I'll probably work that extra month to finish out the year.
Daphne
Keep your mind wide open.
I just got mine. On flipping through, it looks like a lot of repeats. Maybe they redesigned them? I'll be anxious for other opinions.
Daphne
Keep your mind wide open.
I agree Daphne.
Barbara
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then find someone whose life has given them vodka.
I haven't compared the recipes, but here's a list of the possible repeats.
-Oven fried chicken -Cheesy Cauliflower Casserole vs older Cheesy Broccoli and Cauliflower Casserole -Spaghetti and Meatballs using ground turkey and whole grain noodles -Eggplant Rollatini with Three Cheeses -Fully Loaded Baked Potato three ways: Ham, Cheese, and Broccoli; Taco; Breakfast vs older Stuffed Baked Potato with three variations Vol. 33 (I don't have that to compare) -Sesame Beef (doesn't show in index, but I could have sworn I've seen this) -Kung Pao Shrimp? -Classic Beef Stew (stew book?) -Autumn Pumpkin Soup with fried sage leaves (soup book?) -Creamy Spinach Soup vs Spinach Soup Issue 31 (the new one doesn't have almonds...I don't have that issue to compare further) -Corn Chowder A lot of repeats, if you ask me. Even if they are tweaked a little. And that's just a quick search of the index. I haven't even looked through the special issues! Should this go in the review thread, I think?
Daphne
Keep your mind wide open.
08-24-2012, 05:55 PM
Re: Re: Just Got The Latest Issue! by Gourmet_Mom (I haven't compared t...)
Well, the Oven Fried chicken is different from Issue 37. In that issue, the chicken was skinless and baked from the start. Why would I want to start to fry the chicken in oil and then continue in the oven? I would just keep frying in oil. They had a great recipe for that in Issue 56. If you have a good candy thermometer and watch carefully, there's no problem.
Barbara
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then find someone whose life has given them vodka.
Okay, striike that one. But still? Fried chicken? Really?
Daphne
Keep your mind wide open.
08-24-2012, 08:14 PM
Re: Re: Just Got The Latest Issue! by Gourmet_Mom (Okay, striike that o...)
I just got my last issue. I was not impressed, it did feel like old stuff. Or maybe it is just me that is old, lol. Regardless, I don't think I will renew. I just hate that I can't copy the recipes to put in Living Cookbook. To me that is a huge downside, and in most cases, I have been able to find almost identical recipes in Fine Cooking or Cook's Illustrated which do have the recipes available online.
So despite C@H being the first cooking magazine to which I subscribed, I won't renew. In the last year, there have been few Oh wow recipes, such as Meatloaf burger, Pork Cutlets Diane, Fizzy chicken and Focaccia. It will become a check the newsstand and see "if it is worth it kind" now. I will do the same for the cookbooks and won't be upset about the repeats in those. I will revisit if and when they have a viable recipe site. Does this mean I get kicked out of this forum?
Absolutely not, Alina. There are quite a few non subscribers on here. I come up for renewal in February. They will have to really knock my socks off in the next two issues to convince me to renew. I have so many recipes in previous issues and specialty books to last me quite a while. If they don't wow me, I'll just watch the news stand.
Daphne
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