When we first heard about CHOW Magazine, we were excited about another food rag hitting the stands. Not that there aren't enough already - between Cook's Illustrated and Saveur, we already have more than enough stove side reading each month thank-you-very-much.
One part food magazine and one part something entirely other (porn? tabloid?), CHOW appeals to the do-it-yourselfers of the kitchen: the cooks who might have a hammer in their arsenal of cooking implements, or the cooks who might make bigger messes than their Bon Appétit or Food and Wine counterparts as they whip up a meal. In other words, it doesn't appeal to mom. We're not sure if that's a good thing.
PLEASE... You've got to tell us where to find this magazine. My love affair with food rags far exceeds my obsession with craigslist, scavenger and most other design related topics...
Paul - click on the link for CHOW, that will take you to their home page, where you can subscribe. As far as buying one issue goes: http://www.chowmag.com/where_to_buy/
I love Chow! Their front of the book stuff is great too -- finally a food mag with a sense of humor! Paul, if you don't want to subscribe without checking it our first, you can find Chow at the larger Barnes & Nobles. If you're in NYC, I know the Union Square one has a big stack of the new issue.
I've made a few great recipes from Chow. (And I think the photography is beautiful!)
skgr, et al. -
Thanks for the info. I found the nov./dec. issue today at a fantastic magazine store on 40th between 5th and 6th across from Bryant Park.
I take it the cover pictured is from October?
skgr and AT co. - please accept apologies at this time for my aggressive manner in terms of the small fridge/ice cream party from the summer. I was bitter, I admit it.
At this time I'd like to throw out a new idea for AT fans who happen to be foodies... Any chance of some kind of a dinner club? To my mind it would have to work in some kind of a lottery-rotation fashion, to keep the party down to about 6 (for those of use who live in shoeboxes)... it could be a communal effort or a chance for a host to show off his/her specialities... as well as their pad! and someone would be designated photographer of the event... Some of us have already met at AT events... so not all participant would be total strangers... What do you think?
What I'd really like to see are great cookbooks for 1-2 people-sized meals... healthy, cheap eats. When I'm going cheap I usually get a half-rotisserie chicken and 1/4 pound of something like snow peas and eat the chicken over three days, going back each night to the grocery for 1/4 pound of some green vegetable... but does anyone have a better alternative?
Paul-Yes, it's a problem cooking for 1(&2). The trick is to cook on weekends (maybe not every single one...!) ..this time of year, comforting dishes like chicken soup with lots of vegs.*/ chili / shepherd's pie...eat some & then FREEZE portions of it for ease another day. Then you can serve it with a salad on the side and a homemade savoury muffin (also from your freezer!)
*Freeze chicken soup without rice/pasta as starch will absorb too much liquid. You can add cooked rice when you serve it. Incidentally, you can freeze cooked rice-you make plain rice as usual then freeze it in balls. When you're ready, defrost a ball of rice in a rice bowl in microwave=instant steamed rice! -Then you serve it with the stir-fry you've just made.
Nothing beats the health/flavour(& cost)factor than home cooking.