If something I see on Food Network or at a restaurant really appeals to me, I just do a Google (actually, Scroogle) search. You can find sites dedicated to types of food from shrimp to soups. Who needs to buy a magazine for ideas? If you want a recipe or some ideas look online...
“Who needs to buy a magazine for ideas? If you want a recipe or some ideas look online...”
Some of us like holding something portable and attractive in our hands which we can read while the kids are at soccer practice and clip and save recipe ideas... Sometimes it’s all about happening across a particular recipe idea in a magazine by chance, perhaps intrigued by a photo or article, whereas when you get a recipe online it’s often done by searching for a particular food.
Similarly, I can relax with a cookbook and page through it and mark recipes with Post-its, and you just don’t get the same thing doing a Google search. I love the online world and Google, but it doesn’t eliminate magazines or books.
I really liked Gourmet’s photography and I particularly enjoyed Ruth Reichl’s editor’s column in each issue.