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Rachael Ray: I Can Cook A Little, and So Can You
I admit it. I like the girl. And as the owner of several cookbooks authored by the "over-caffeinated one", many of her recipes are good and I like her focus on basic cooking skills for the beginner/average home cook.
And in the spectrum of Annoying Food TV Personalities, RR is one of the lesser annoyances. (Sandra "Cocktails & Tablescapes" Lee being an 11 on the annoyance scale.)
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What's Your Favorite Food Glossy?
I'm actually a bigger fan of "Cooks Illustrated" than the other food glossies right now. I love the hand drawn illustrations and the recipes are spot-on. Christopher Kimball isn't exactly a glamour puss, but he's smart, funny and a really good read.
Rachael Ray: I Can Cook A Little, and So Can You
I admit it. I like the girl. And as the owner of several cookbooks authored by the "over-caffeinated one", many of her recipes are good and I like her focus on basic cooking skills for the beginner/average home cook.
And in the spectrum of Annoying Food TV Personalities, RR is one of the lesser annoyances. (Sandra "Cocktails & Tablescapes" Lee being an 11 on the annoyance scale.)
What's Your Favorite Food Glossy?
Food Arts is a great magazine for recipes, trends, chef moves, professionals and foodies alike. Highly recommended.
What's Your Favorite Food Glossy?
Food glossies sometimes look like fashion mags, and we all know how informative models can be about food trends. Right now I receive Chocolatier, Food & Family (a Kraft foods freebie with a beautiful calendar, such a deal!), Modern Baking, Sante, Fine Cooking, Cooking Pleasures, and Cuisine at Home. I am going to try Lidia Bastianch's magazine next, and get my Saveur, Gourmet, and Bon Apetit subscriptions back on track. Christmas is coming!
What's Your Favorite Food Glossy?
I'd have to say Blog Soop is my favorite food magazine!
Coming soon to the streets of New York--a glossy food magazine comprised of material from the best food bloggers in the City and around the globe.
You heard it here first!
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What's Your Favorite Food Glossy?
Blog Soop is my favorite food magazine!
Coming soon to the streets of NYC, a food magazine comprised entirerly of content from the City's best food bloggers.
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What's Your Favorite Food Glossy?
Can we put together a glossy magazine recipe? One part practicality of Cook's Ilustrated, One part fast recipes of food and wine, a dash of Lettie Teague's Educating Peter series, a little Levine, Edge, and Road Food folks, some Sietsema (Robert, that is), a dollop of Time Out NY restaurant reviewing, some Industry stuff from Matt and Ted Lee, some rotating bloggers on trends(chez pim, becks and posh, tablehopper, amateur gourmet) and an occasional celebrity or noncelebrity chef like Bourdain or David Chang writing in first person. No idea about the pictures.
I realize the combination may lead to an absurd magazine, but it would be nice to have a glossy that isn't as dowdy as Cooks and isn't as glossy as Food and Wine. We need some edge in print, not just online.
What's Your Favorite Food Glossy?
I like "Food & WIne," though mostly for the News and Notes section, and really only for two reasons: (1) when they feature a new food &/or dessert that is available through mail order (that was how I discovered Jo's Chocolates in California), and (2) when they recommend restaurants. I sometimes get "Bon Appetit," but I just like the restaurant reviews and their Features section. And I ordered a subscription of "Gourmet" magazine after I went to Ruth's book reading here in Miami (she was fantastic), but other than restaurant reviews, I don't get too much out of it. At times I have picked up "Choclatier," but I'm not crazy about it's format and I wish it spent more time reviewing restaurants & providing information about places they recommend to get chocolate.
What's Your Favorite Food Glossy?
As a big food writing fan, I've been horridly dismayed by the food writing in the NYT magazine. Ever since Mollly O'Neil left they haven't been able to find a consistent writer who can tell a story about people and food with a sense of humor. Amanda Hesser was winning me over with her series about meeting her husband, but seems to have lost her spark soon after her wedding (aren't we entitled to a few years of bliss before things get dull?)
Since then, the only magazine that consistently delivers on the backstory of food - the people, the history - is Savuer. Its a little over the top and impractical as a cooking magazine (I'm not tracking down malaysian fermented shrimp paste), but its generally good writing (if sometimes lacking in humor). I never cared for Bon Appetiet or Gourmet as they always seemed a bit too much in the In Style mode, selling how everything's delicious and perfect. But am I being unfair?
But instead of paying for 80 pages of advertisements, I have been happier to read the great food writing that's popping up in the blog world. Ed, I think you're great and appreciate the tips along with the sense of humor. NY Mag is has some good writing and posts everything online, and Michael Ruhlman's blog is starting to develop. So save some paper and read the crappy glossies with the endless ads when stuck in airports.
What's Your Favorite Food Glossy?
I subscribe to both Bon Appetit and Gourmet. Both I can flip through and toss in a day's time. Too many advertisements, food is too hoity toity to be practical. I used to be a avid supporter of Martha Stewart Everyday Food but that went downhill quickly too. I have to agree that Olive Magazine is the best out there...why oh why can't we have a US version?
Rachael Ray: I Can Cook A Little, and So Can You
I can take something away from BOTH Rachael AND Martha.
Rachael Ray: I Can Cook A Little, and So Can You
Rachael's show is not geared towards the professional chef or food critic,so why do they have to comment on it??
It's for people who want to make good food for themselves & families,quickly,maybe try new things to get out of a dining rut.
I am a professional chef in NYC and was on her show and she was perfectly pleasant,cordial and let me do my thing without any problems.
She even asked for a couple of recipes, so she is pretty down to earth and hey she has become the antidote to that bitch Martha.I think that is her appeal to many.So what if she is a bit of a goof?
Rachael Ray: I Can Cook A Little, and So Can You
Great post. I agree. And like other commenters, I have found some of her recipes to be quite good. As for the folks who complain about the Food Network and the fact that it sucks--well, it's TV!!! What more did you expect? Just because it's food doesn't mean it can escape the pull of television, which is inherently mediocre in my opinion.
Rachael Ray: I Can Cook A Little, and So Can You
My biggest complaint with RR is when she prepares "Italian" food. I grew up in an Italian-American household, and I recognize none of what she cooks.
That said, RR is not a chef, nor does she claim to be. I completley agree that she is selling time not food. I like food, so I simply don't watch her.
Rachael Ray: I Can Cook A Little, and So Can You
I like RR's cooking. I have an assortment of her cookbooks and they do exactly what they promise - deliver good meals in under 30 minutes. I appreciate having those recipies available at least 3 nights out of 7 in my life. Plus I (and many others I know) are perfectly willing to take an extra 2-3 minutes and shred our own cheese.
But I do agree with the previous poster about RR's other foods. Everything is delicious in RRs travels. That just strains credulity for me. NEVER a bad meal? Come on! Her reviews and suggestions of places to eat have absolutely no value since everything is so uniformly wonderful. Her advice about asking locals and checking for coupons in local magazines is valuable but if you have seen just one episode of just one of her shows you have heard that already so there is no need to watch any others.
Rachael Ray: I Can Cook A Little, and So Can You
I'm sorry but RR has nearly single handedly ruined Food Network.
Doesn't anyone remember the days of David Rosengarten's show TASTE?
Doesn't anyone remember the days when Food Network actually showed signs of being an important Network that you could actually watch and really, really enjoy?
Unfortunately somewhere along the fork in the road, mediorcarty and derivative watered down ideas have won over innovative and refreshing creative content. How many derivate shows can you have of RR before you’re just ripping off the American public?
Hello???!!!! Mr. Creative Director at Food Network…it’s time to actually get creative. The Next Food Network star show is a joke (another fine example of derivate copying and a total lack of creative vision).
In Rachel Ray’s TV world, everything is the same level of sameness. Everything becomes the same level of “MMMM†which is just not true or honest. All that food she eats just can’t be the level of good. The day she spits out the food and says: “That sucks!†Is the day she’ll have any level of credibility. Come on folks….demand something better!
(David: Your time was too early....)
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I'm actually a bigger fan of "Cooks Illustrated" than the other food glossies right now. I love the hand drawn illustrations and the recipes are spot-on. Christopher Kimball isn't exactly a glamour puss, but he's smart, funny and a really good read.