A friend at work lent us a few issues of Cook’s Country
by the editors of Cook’s Illustrated. We’d seen the magazine on the newsstand before, but never bought it. Cook’s Illustrated is a pretty distinctive magazine, completely illustrated and ad free, with lots of good cooking tips. Cook’s Country is pretty similar, except they have full color photography, still no ads though. While Cook’s Illustrated focuses on cooking in general, Cook’s Country specifically covers American comfort food. Chicken pot pie, bread pudding, king ranch chicken, hot dog taste tests, it’s like having Aunt Bea in magazine form.
The recipes are great, as is the overall design and feel of the magazine. That said, it’s also sort of a heart-attack magazine. They don’t pull any butter-punches. This is a macaroni and cheese magazine folks, expect to put on a few pounds just by looking at it. All in all though, it’s pretty great. We highly recommend it.
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