I get the "Taste Of Home" magazine, and I like it a lot. Most of the recipes are very practical. Dottie

Taste of Home is a good one. Everyday meals and some special but not funky stuff.
I have often been tempted to buy a cookbook by some of the tv cooks like Rachel Ray and Paula Deen but I don't know which ones are good ones and I'd have to order online.

I like Cooking Light

I like Cooks Illustrated. They explain a lot of why a recipe is cooked a certain way, and they also test and rate cooking tools (cutting boards, blenders, etc.) I'll have to admit, it's the only cooking magazine I've ever subscribed to. It has no ads and so may be a little more expensive than others.

Another Cooks Illustrated gal here, love that magazine and the only one I get as well, Socks. I just got another in the mail. country home something, it had some good recipes in the sample they sent.

subscribe him to the free Taste of Home (?) cooking magazine from Kraft. you can find it on the kraft.com website.

anette

...in addition of course to any other you might want to buy for him...

Taste of home here too....really good easy recipes. I just cancelled cooking light. I like Taste of Home alot though.

Taste of home cooking for 2 really like this one.

We get Cooking For 2, Paula Deen and Southern Living (great recipes in that one).

My favorite is also Cook's Illustrated. Sign your dad up for the free magazine from Kraft called Food and Family. You can get it at: kraftfoods.com/share
Simple easy recipes with step by step illustrations. It is published quarterly. Charlene

There's another good one which I think Lynn was referring to called Cook's Country. I think it is delivered on the off-months from Cooks Illustrated, which is nice.

About the Kraft foods publications and e-mail--Do they bombard you with e-mail and trade off your e-mail address to others? I often hesitate to sign up for things because of this problem.

Another Taste of Home reader here. They also publish "Simply Delicious" Magazine.

I forgot about Kraft's Food and Family. I can't believe it's free. Beautiful pictures and really simple recipes.

I have been subscribing to "Canadian Living" magazine for many years. Every single recipe seems to work out...I totally trust them. It's not only recipes though...a bit of everything.

Socks, I have never had a problem from subscribing on line to Krafts food.

I never have had a problem with Kraft either, and I just love that mag

the mag is free....go to the Kraft website to check it out

Socks, no problem here w/ the Kraft magazine. It's really good and is free. You can't get much better than that!!

I subscribe to most of them -- Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Saveur, Food & Wine. I stopped subscribing to Cook's Illustrated and a few others (food/cooking geek, what can I say).

The question I'd ask is how accomplished in the kitchen is your father and do you want a magazine that just focuses on the food? The difficulty range will run the gamut in Gourmet but they also have great travel articles, although the travel tends to be on the pricey side. F & W will have more articles on wine and spirits. As far as cooking, I'd suggest going to the websites for these magazines and picking something your dad likes and comparing the recipes. It will give you a sense of the complexity of the recipes as well as photos, etc.

I love the Fine Cooking magazine. I save all my copies and when I want a recipe I just have to look at the spine of the magazine as they are stacked.

The recipes are so easy and they show you step by step how to make it and with pictures too. Even my brother Paul uses them when he doesn't know how to cook something.

There offer a tips and techniques section submitted by readers. Product comparisions (which is the best to buy).

Why don't you buy your Dad 1 copy of each cooking magazine and then let him choose which one he would like as a gift subscription?

Fine Cooking is my favourite of all the cooking magazines out there and my "go to" magazine when I am wanting ideas on how to prepare a certain dish or veggie.

Anne