Magazines? Outdated or do you still love them?

[HeatherFeather]

Do any of you still buy cooking (or any other type) magazines? Which ones do you get regularly and which do you only buy an issue of when it has a great story/cover/recipe you want?

I cut wayyyyy back on the amount of magazine subscriptions I used to get. I am debating on whether or not to renew a few of the ones I still get.

I have subscriptions to:
Bon Appetit (love it, I want to keep this one)
Game Informer (just renewed, mainly kept for discounts on games)
Martha Stewart Living (a gift from my dad)

Taste of Home (not sure if I will renew or not)
Eating Well (not sure if I will renew, considering switching to Cooking Light)
Family Circle (not renewing, not replacing with anything)

I actually use and love Bon Appetit, so it is the only one for sure I will keep. The others I might flip through once, but I am not using them as much as I used to. Taste of Home still catches my attention with some issues, but I just don't know if I use it enough to keep subscribing.

I wish I could afford to subscribe to BBC Good Food - which I adore. It is extremely expensive to get in the US though, so I really can't justify it. At least they eventually post most of their recipes online.

[racrgal]

I do still love magazines, especially the fashion mags.

Heather, cut out two or three of the magazines that you kind of like and treat yourself to the one you REALLY like!

[Misa]

Still love 'em, but I have been mixing physical copies and e-mags on the iPad through individual apps or Zinio.

Cooking wise, physically I subscribe to:
Taste of Home (on the fence - like you, some issues are great, some are kinda meh.)
Cooking Light (recently subbed and free through My Coke Rewards; the household soda addiction must account for something. Plus I get free e-mag on iPad with the sub.)
Food Network magazine (much like ToH, some are great, some issues I could care less about.)

We also sub to Game Informer; the print copy is so much better than the online option.

On the iPad:
I buy Everyday Food from time to time; it's a dollar cheaper per issue ($2.99 vs $3.99)

From the magazine stand:
Beadwork
Bead and Button (these two are every 2 months)
Southern Living, but lately I've been buying them on the iPad because it saves physical room in my ever growing cramped apartment and I can buy them earlier than the newsstands.

[racrgal]

I can buy them earlier than the newsstands This is good to know. THANKS!

[Michelle_Minicucci]

I still love magazines! However, the new Smithsonian format is on my nerves. It seems every article is two pages long, and ends with "check out more on our website". I want to hold the story in my hands and cuddle with it on the couch. Not squint across my desk while ads chase me around.

Besides Smithsonian, we get Everyday Food from Martha Stewart. I swear I make every recipe! We get Guitar World and Playboy, too.

I always read "The Interview" and "20 Questions" in the Playboy... I have no idea what my husband is interested in... haha!!

I got a cheap subscription to Self magazine, but I have no idea what to do with the information in that book!

[Puggs]

I quit buying cooking magazines and cookbooks a long time ago the internet is full of great recipes and magazines have got way to expensive

[Donna]

I quit buying cooking magazines and cookbooks a long time ago the internet is full of great recipes and magazines have got way to expensive

I'm with Puggs!

[Puggs]

it's nuts! some are arounf 6.00 I would never spend that much on a magazine, most of the recipes from the magazines are on the internet after anyway

[Puggs]

I still love magazines! However, the new Smithsonian format is on my nerves. It seems every article is two pages long, and ends with "check out more on our website". I want to hold the story in my hands and cuddle with it on the couch. Not squint across my desk while ads chase me around.

Besides Smithsonian, we get Everyday Food from Martha Stewart. I swear I make every recipe! We get Guitar World and Playboy, too.

I always read "The Interview" and "20 Questions" in the Playboy... I have no idea what my husband is interested in... haha!!

I got a cheap subscription to Self magazine, but I have no idea what to do with the information in that book!

I think buying a subscription is the way to go because you can get the 55-60% off the stand price, that's not a bad deal though

[HeatherFeather]

Yeah - I agree with that. The whole reason I had subs for the ones I only sort of like is because I found myself picking up some issues at the store - well, if you buy more than a few issues anyway, you end up paying for at least the sub price or more. So I figured I'd save some money and get to read all of the issues.

I might ask my dad to switch the sub to Cooking Light instead of Martha. Her magazine is lovely and has great ideas - but I rarely end up using them. I have tried some of her recipes, but most of those I can either get online or copy from my mom's sub when I visit her. Mom treasures all of her Martha issues - I think it is her favorite, she gets a lot of mileage out of them. I find myself forgetting to even flip through the latest issues, eventually looking some of them over a few at a time. Dad gives all of my sisters the same magazine, and my stepmom loves it, so I have not felt comfortable asking him to switch the gift. It isn't like I don't enjoy it, I do - I just wouldn't subscribe otherwise.


I most likely will end up with Bon Appetit, Game Informer and Taste of Home. The others I will let slide once the sub runs out. Cooking Light is still making me think some more - I used to live by that magazine and cherish a lot of their recipes.