What is your favourite cooking magazine? [General]

2010 Apr 13
Now that my subscription to my beloved Gourmet magazine no longer exists I am going into foodie withdrawl-;) So now I am looking for another cooking related magazine to subscribe to. Some magazines I have enjoyed in the past are Cooking Light and Cooks Illustrated. Does anyone have any favourites they can recommend?

2010 Apr 13
i have a subscription to cooks illustrated. love it. the recipes aren't always my favourite, i just really like learning about the science behind it all and i like that there are no ads. i will occasionally buy vegertarian times if they are profiling foods i am not familiar with. my foodporn magazin is donna hay.

2010 Apr 14
I get a copy of Jamie Oliver's new magazine every two months from Mags and Fags on Elgin.

They have a great system there where you can ask them to put a copy aside for you (of any magazine) and they will call you to let you know when it's in.

Jamie's magazine is really beautifully photographed with great recipes and it's printed on really cool paper - thick and matte.

It ain't cheap though - almost $14 a copy, but still cheaper than getting a subscription all the way from Jolly Old England.

2010 Apr 14
Hands down, Art Culinaire. It's only published quarterly, but it's worth the wait for each issue.

2010 Apr 15
Not a cooking mag but the LCBO freebies have great recipes with drink pairings. I love them. As a tax payer I figure I might as well enjoy them.

2010 Apr 16
Fine Cooking. An amazing number our go-to recipes come from that magazine.

Canadian Living as well is pretty good for something that's not really a food-specific magazine.

2010 Apr 16
this website :-)

2010 Apr 17
I used to like "Saveur" a lot--haven't read it for a while. You might pick up a copy and see how you like it. Or I think you can get a free copy from www.saveur.com. I liked it because it was decidedly NOT recipe-focused. Instead. if focused on ingredients, regions, local dishes, etc. Great mixture of high-brow and low-brow.

2010 Apr 17
Eating Well

2010 Apr 17
LCBO's FOOD & DRINK!!!!!!!! :) It's totally free and gone within a couple of days of release date.

2010 Apr 19
Fine Cooking and sometimes Canadian Living.

2010 Apr 19
Here, here for LCBO's Food & Drink!!

2010 Apr 19
I just took a look at Jamie Oliver's magazine and it is a nice one. The quality of the paper used is thick and glossy.

2010 Apr 19
How about the milk calendar or Foodland Ontario (calendar included!) All "free"-taxes excluded...LCBO too :(

2010 Apr 19
KC - The JO one is pretty fancy, I especially like the pullout recipe & mealplanning sheet that seems to always be included.

2010 Apr 20
I like the milk calendar... mainly so that when I'm looking at what day it is, I can see pretty food pictures aka food porn :)

2010 Apr 22
'Fine Cooking' is far and away my favorite mag, and only remaining subscription. I also like 'Saveur' and occasionally pick up a copy of 'Eating Well', though I like it mostly for ideas as I'm not nearly a finicky about fat as they are. For wine, I like 'Tidings' and Ottawa's-own (and brand new) 'Brix' (check out ). I also regularly read Mark Bittman's blog and subscribe to his vodcast (you might want to check out the winners of Saveur's 1st annual food blog awards ; 'La Tartine Groumande' is one of my favorite websites PERIOD).
Hope that helps fill in the 'Gourmet' void!

2010 Apr 25
Thanks everyone for the heads up. I am now at the library hoping to borrow some of these magazines before making a decision.

brock o. lee where do you get Art Culinaire? I looked for it in some of the magazine shops downtown (Mags and Fags and the magazine shop in the Byward Market among others) and I can't find it... I visited their website and it looks like a nice magazine...

W.C. I agree with Food & Drink - I already have quite a collection of them at home - they are great magazines aren't they?-;) As for Foodland Ontario I already get their calendars - do they publish a magazine as well?...

snoopy loopy And fellow Milk Calendar fan-;) I collected quite a few of them as well and I have to agree with the great recipes and food porn to boot-;)

Anton where do you get Brix? I used to get Burned Toast until they ceased publication and I would love to have a replacement local magazine...

2010 Apr 25
I like Food & Drink, too. The next one is coming out next week sometime. And Jamie Oliver, which I agree with the others is a beautifully produced magazine.