I don't know how I missed this last month, but the Chicago Tribune picked the 50 Best Magazines. Now normally, I am not a huge fan of magazines to begin with because I find them to be "brain candy" - less taste and less filling. However, I was still happy to see that several food magazines did appear in the Top 50, with Gourmet topping the glossy food mags at Number 9. The rest:
- Number 12 - Cook's Illustrated
- Number 18 - VegNews
- Number 32 - Saveur
- Number 44 - Everday Food
What? No Rachael Ray Magazine?!?!
Do you buy or subscribe to food magazines? Which ones, and why?

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7-30-2006 @12:09AM Adriane said... So what, aside from Gourmet, were the top 10??
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7-30-2006 @12:13AM thefishie said... I subscribe to Cooks Illustrated, it's probably my favorite because they explain what went into creating the recipe.
I also get Simple & Delicious (used to be Quick Cooking) and sometimes Light & Tasty, both from Taste of Home. They're both inexpensive and follow the same "no-ad" style of Cooks Illustrated.
Otherwise I get most of my recipes online, so I don't bother subscribing to other print magazines. To me they're getting less relevant, similar to newspapers.
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7-31-2006 @3:29PM Schuylar said... I subscribe to Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Cooks Illustrated and Saveur. My very favorite is Saveur. It's the best of food and travel combined. Articles are well researched and thorough. I will not renew Gourmet and Bon Appetit - too many ads and articles are topical and wimpy. They should comp their magazines to get people to look through all the ads they carry page after page.
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7-31-2006 @7:18PM Madeline said... I subscribe to Every Day with Rachael Ray and Sunset magazine. I am a huge Rachael Ray fan, so I like having access to even more of her recipes and tips. And Sunset is great because it includes more than just food topics (travel, garden and home) and is focused on my neck of the woods (the West).
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