Cooking Light: Yes or No?
Pros:
Great recipes that actually taste good
Cons:
Slight gender bias
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Author's Review
For those pursuing the lighter, yet not tasteless side of cooking, Cooking Light can be a real treat. Besides a varied array of recipes, the magazine is usually full of articles on health and fitness. Not only cooking light, but living light.
As a man who enjoys good food and counting fat grams, I like the magazine. However, due to the fact that it is slanted towards women, many of the articles leave me out especially in regards to exercise. This isn't to say that each issue is like this, but there is an obvious bias. This bias is understandable, and doesn't prevent me from enjoying some of the articles and getting ideas from the recipes.
This is a publication I'd recommend for those who are looking for ways to trim the fat without losing the taste of good food. Each issue varies the cuisine so that it does not cater to one particular palate or ethnicity. Likewise, the publication addresses each part of the meal and not only one area -- such as entrees or desserts. What I like is that there is an index near the end of the magazine which breaks down the recipes into subjects (appetizers, entrees, desserts, etc.); this makes planning a meal or finding a favourite much easier.
My suggestion would be to include MORE recipes or cooking techniques in the magazine and less extraneous articles about health and fitness since the magazine is about cooking light.