Fine Cooking Magazine Subscription

Pros: Useful; beautiful photography; quality contributors

Cons: Bi-monthly; few simple recipes in recipe form

Review: I didn't expect to like this magazine.

I took advantage of one of those "first issue free" deals to try this magazine when I was in one of my cooking moods. I expected it to be like "Gourmet" or "Bon Appetit",...

Pros: Very educational; lots of "why" to go along with the "how-to"

Cons: Fewer recipes in each edition than some other options

The Bottom Line: If you cook for pleasure or just want to sharpen your skills, you can't do any better than Fine Cooking.

Review: I subscribe to six cooking magazines - that's right, six: Taste of Home, Quick Cooking, Light & Tasty, Cooking Light, Bon Appetit, and my all-time favorite, Fine Cooking. I will renew my subscription to most of them and love them all for different...

Pros: Full of tips, diagrams, how-to-photos, and yummy recipes

Cons: Differing viewpoints offer conflicting advice from issue to issue

Review: Ever wondered why you add salt to cookie dough and sugar to bread dough? What's the difference between broth and stock, and how do you fold a wonton? How do you remove the skin from a genoise cake? Well, okay, I never knew what a genoise cake was,...

Pros: Accurate Recipes & Beautiful Illustrations

Cons: None

Review: Fine Cooking blows every other cooking magazine out of the water. It is a bit pricey, but it is worth every penny. The feature article are extremely well done with helpful hints, and at least three or four recipes. Their recipes are illustrated...

Pros: Useful information, Clearly presented.

Cons: A kitchy section of reader-supplied "tips"

Review: This is a really useful cooking publication. Unlike Gourmet, it has no filler stuff on travel or hotels. It doesn't assume that you know how to do everything, or how to use everything.

Instead, most articles are about a technique, or a type...

Pros: Great reviews

Cons: none

Review: Have you ever heard someone say : give a man a fish, he will eat today. Give a man a fishing rod, he will eat everyday.
Fine Cooking is a fishing rod.
Once you understand the techniques and the food chemistry, you can virtually make anything...