Why pay for recipes when there are gazillions of them out there for free? Hell, search this site and you'll find recipes for everything from apple pie to zebra steaks... for free!

Preference for some sources over others. On allrecipes.com alone I can find hundreds of recipes for Mac and Cheese, but I’ll probably never look at any of them unless someone specifically steers me to one. But if I see NYT discussing M&C, there’ll probably be something interesting in both the article and the recipe.

I can't justify subscribing to any of the sites when just about every recipe can be found somewhere else. I loved NYT site until they started charging, but if I google the name of a recipe from their site that I'm interested in, I have yet to miss it because someone else has reposted it somewhere. I look to see who they have credited the recipe to.

>> you open your entire life to spams and hacking. How secure is NYT's payment system?>>

I have subscribed to NYT and WSJournal every since they went digital, so easily more than a decade. No problems, and in addition we froze our credit reports several years ago.

Considering the various credit hacking issues that have arisen in recent years, a magazine subscription is probably a much lower risk than shopping at Target or KMart.

Back to the OP, we don't subscribe to any cooking sites. I either Google search or just use one of my own cookbooks.

I don't pay for them. I can find just about everything I want. Plus, the other day I was sitting here and saw a big word on the spine of a big book: "Pepin". The Jacques Pepin book I've had since my 20's is paper covered, and much thinner. So I went to look. Indeed, it's a big Jacques Pepin recipe book! I have no memory of ever seeing it before, and I have a pretty good memory. In my parents' home the books on my shelves used to multiply if left alone in the dark. This is the first time I know of that it happened here, and it's an awfully good book to have pop up as a sport. I'm going to have to read through it. :)

I have enough cookbooks, I shouldn't ever have to look up recipes online, but I do because I can multitask at the computer, and books take attention. :) I like better blogs, and sites like Serious Eats or Genius Kitchen, more than web ends of traditional media. The recipes seem more like they've been made as written, and more like they're made by real people. But I have enough knowledge to be able to read most recipes and know what the end product will be like. I wouldn't recommend blogs or trad. media for the Bridget Joneses of the world. They need a beginning Betty Crocker foolproof cookbook. :)

FOAS, I do like some NYT recipes, though I rarely make one as written. What do you think you'll find there that you can't get for free elsewhere?

None. I do like Serious Eats a lot. I can still access some NYT recipes by not going over the free monthly article limit.

Getting an oil change a couple years ago I picked up a mag hard copy and was impressed by the 'old school' feel that I missed and had deleted from my mail box. I kept it since he didn't mind at all. (his wife gets so many magazines). It had so many good recipes....

We get the NYTimes weekends delivered so we get full on-line access...the NewYorker and two other arts/literary hard copies. So full access to the daily NYTimes on-line is well worth it. (I get to work most days an hour early)

I added FineCooking for 6 bucks a year and has the on-line access. May not keep it but enjoying hard copies for a change.

Sure I can find any ingredients with a google search and many ideas but I see a massive pop-up frustration while sites navigate revenue and advertising keeping us forever trying to avoid 'click-bait'.

So no, I don't pay like some tried a few years ago. Those that get revenue from side bar advertising that does not interfere with basic searches will probably win out the long run. The ones that make you dance for the 'x' close button and ask for e-mail addresses will be avoided. I think we are about to reach a transition period again as they try and figure out, once again, what we will tolerate as consumers.

So I guess the answer is “not many.” I still get various emails from NYT that pique my interest, and then when I click on the recipes I can’t access them. Yes I know I can find them reposted, or I can switch to a private browser, but once it takes “steps” to get somewhere I quickly lose interest. But I guess that’s lazy. And Sleeven reminds me that my parents get NYT so I can probably just borrow their ID.

I have several notebooks (1 1/2-2 inch wide) filled with recipes. I'm not allowed (by me!) to get any more until I use the ones I have. I "subscribe" to THS's Cooking forum if that counts. I'd pay if I had to (I have paid in the past).

I discovered a recipe to bypass NYT 10 free views per month:

1. on your computer the moment you click on NYT article, and the article opens, and before it tells you that you have to subscribe, immediately do "Ctrl" and "A". then Immediately press "Ctrl" and "C".

2. Now go to Microsoft Word, or other word processor program.

3. Press "Ctrl" and "V".

That article will show up on your word processor.

Sorry, NYT.

dcarch

Well, there goes that idea. I'd thought to sign up with NYT for the recipes, but did not know there was a charge. I often find similar recipes on other sites, but the few times in the past I've had access and used the NYT recipes I've very much enjoyed them. I won't pay for their recipes though as I can often find similar, and adjust ingredients.

I used to subscribe to a couple cooking magazines, but eventually felt they didn't offer enough to warrant the cost. I've not many cook books, but those I have are dog-eared with notes and post-its and scraps of paper sticking out. Some are held together with a rubber band. Like many here, I've probably got too many recipes collected, typed or handwritten, on cards and a few in binders (prefer the cards) which I need to transfer. Still... there's always room for one more, and then one more... : )

ETA: dcarch, have I told you lately that I love you? LOL! Thanks for the above work-around!

DC, I had no idea we could copy/paste a recipe like that (one that we'd have to pay for). Thanks!

I tried accessing NYT in an incognito browsing, but it didn't work for me.

The only magazine I've been tempted on buying is Fine Cooking. But at $32 US for 1 year (6 issues) that's too prohibitive for me.

dcarch, have I told you lately that I love you?

If he finds a quick way to do it on a phone (short of deleting browsing history and cookies) I’ll declare my love, too. ;)

Well, I tried it, but to no avail - Didn't even get as far as Ctrl A before the pop-up. Tried it multiple times. although right-click, View Source, and a ton of reading took me to a difficult to read recipe. Doubt I'd bother with that. Oh well. I still love ya, dcarch!

Dcarch ...

and then, you can go to print after you have copied the recipe, and choose the 'save as PDF' function on the scroll down print menu.. and have a nice recallable copy

dcarch - it worked for me! But I had to do it 3 times before I was quick enough. And the recipe came with a whole lot of stuff I didn't want. But easy enough to clean up. I will keep that little trick in mind. Thanks.

I never may for any food sites. Only for magazines. There are many sites that I love. Well Plated, Carlsbad Cravings, and Half Baked Harvest are my top three blogs. Almost all the recipes are delicious!

Thanks for that donna, tried again after you posted, got it!

FineCooking was 6$, 8$ Canadian last cyber Monday. One day only. Well worth it. (I did post that here)... I bet they do it again.

Probably the best kitchen shopping day of the year. Anything I had on my 'want' list (but actually need nothing)...all purchases have become favorites.

NYTimes. With a subscription two e-mail addresses are allowed. We set up Dad's computer as a guest, (my access)...he clicks on me and gets NYTimes as his home page. He doesn't give a hoot about recipes but likes the daily news.

Hey dcarch7 - thanks for the idea! I tried that trick @ WaPo, but instead of copy/paste, I simply control+clicked 'print' and saved an article as a .pdf to my desktop before the paywall appeared. Not sure about doing it on my smartphone, but I'm on my desktop computer more than my phone anyway. I also have Google's Keep app and can save pages & files to that and then open them later on my computer, if I need to

I try to pay for nothing in the way of content on the internet. I have no problem shopping for goods, though.

I mostly rely on Martha Stewart's site and Epicurious.com for recipes. BettyCrocker.com is another good one for baking.

And of course this site is a good resource as well!

I subscribe to the NYT Weekender home delivery and with that package we get access to the recipes. We get an email a few times a week with links to excellent recipes and I just love the writing. It's really fun to read. I also subscribe to the print edition of Cooking Light and so I can access it on line to save recipes. About 5 years ago, I went on a diet to lose 30 pounds and I found that reading recipes (especially before going to bed) was immensely helpful in helping me control my urge to eat! I know that it sounds counter-intuitive but it really worked for me. Something about imagining food satisfied my cravings. I don't actually have to eat it!

I have signed up for a few blogs too. I really like the Mediterranean Dish blog and the Proud Italian Cook blog.

I pay for NYT full digital subscription. As for bypassing their paywall, if they wanted to enforce the 10 article limit seriously, they could. Don’t feel guilty about using private mode in order to breach their wimpy defenses. I pay because I like the paper.

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dcarch, have I told you lately that I love you?

If he finds a quick way to do it on a phone (short of deleting browsing history and cookies) I’ll declare my love, too. ;)?

Can't. Sorry. I am too busy hacking you know who's private e mail server.

dcarch :-) :-) :-)

I feel fortunate that today, I can help finance something like this. Even when I can get them for free. My daughter wanted to be a journalist, and perhaps sadly, we did not encourage it. We wanted her to be able to earn her way. We were happy when she had a job with health insurance.

I pay for NYT ( do I have to explain? ) , New Yorker (meh..), Saveur ( I discovered it when I bought from a door to door salesman!), Cooks Illustatred (I still have the first one! I have 25 year old Gourmet mags too! ) , Amazon ("since the beginning"!) prime, and Audible, .....is that different?

I felt PERSONALLY responsible when our ctiy lost its last book store.