Food & Wine Magazine

Pros: Long length; Good Recipes; Informative
Cons: Gets sidetracked too easily; Lots of advertisements

If you love the finer types of cuisine and expensive beverages, one magazine you might enjoy is Food and Wine, a publication that brings together the best fruit of the vine the world has to offer with lots of interesting recipes featuring tastes ...

Pros: great recipes, usable entertaining ideas, news and information about the food & dining world
Cons: expensive cover price & subscription price, some stuff is aimed at very affluent readers

For those of us looking for recipes, entertaining ideas and/or news about the dining and wine worlds, Food & Wine magazine is a great read. The magazine provides plenty of different recipes each month, has interesting articles and stories on a ...

Pros: Some good recipes...
Cons: Shallow coverage, too many irrelevant ads & articles, more...

I can't help myself. Whenever I see a food magazine, I just gotta pick it up and flip through it, hunting for great recipe ideas or that seem to offer up some tempting tips and techniques to tickle the palate. Over the years, I've read 'em all. ...

Pros: Informative read with doable recipes in each issue, wine appreciation starts...now!
Cons: More expensive than Gourmet and Bon Appetit, keep the annoying Chrysler ads out!

If you love Gourmet Magazine, you’re going to love Food & Wine. The content of both magazines is very similar yet refreshingly different. Where Gourmet Magazine is predominantly food with features on beer, wine or spirits, Food and Wine is a...

Pros: Culinary drama within reach, readable, exciting
Cons: No time to do all it inspires, but fun trying!

Food and Wine is Everyman-woman's answer to the elegance, the supreme self consciousness and the uppity attitude of Gourmet and Bon Appetit. It's the kind of highly readable food magazine you peruse from cover-to-cover, never feeling put off because, a.,...

Pros: lots of recipes, nice articles, color photography, good quality paper
Cons: lack of nutritional information; some issues have more advertising than others

Recipes and new ways to look at food bring me to Food & Wine magazine.  This publication brings a touch of gourmet fare to cooking.Description This magazine varies greatly in length from issue to issue, ...

Pros: Lush photography, upscale recipes, industry news and trends.
Cons: Some recipes may be too "trendy" for some people.

Food & Wine was always "out of my league," or so I thought. I stuck to "Cooking Light," and other less trendy magazines, but I recently started buying Food & Wine, and now I've really gotten to like it. Perhaps my food ideas have changed, whatever the...

Pros: Down-to-earth magazine with delightful and surprising recipes and great tips
Cons: When they go pasta, they go pasta for months...not necessarily bad, but...

You’ve heard of armchair athletes? I’m a dining chair traveler, thanks to Food & Wine Magazine.

I ordered this magazine in 1993 through an offer from American Express. I thought it would be a great alternative to Gourmet Magazine, as it...

Pros: diverse, easy to prepare, gourmet flavor
Cons: xpensive subscription, but worth it!!!

Whether you're a novice or a seasoned chef, the recipes in food & wine are simple to prepare and gourmet in taste--this magazine has something for any level of cooking experience and all types of palates!

I've maintained my subscription to...

Pros: Great food, great pictures, great writing
Cons: Sometimes it's too pretentious & snobby

Foodies the world over rejoice when the new issue of Food & Wine comes in the mail. If Emeril is your favorite TV star, a new cookbook gets you hotter than a steamy romance novel, and you got cable just to watch the TV Food Network, you will love...

Pros: Detailed descriptions, recipes, and great articles and Features.
Cons: Not always for the beginner.

When I get home from work I immediately set about cooking dinner. My wife can cook, but she loves it when I make dinner. I am always looking for new ideas. I look in Food & Wine.

I subscribe to this magazine for three reasons.
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Pros: Great articles, great recipes,
Cons: Reading it makes you hungry

I subscribe or buy from the newstand many different food magazines. I really enjoy Food & Wine for it's realistic recipes and great pictures. I get tired of reading recipes for highly complicated dishes requiring 500 ingredients and pans that have...

Pros: beautiful, glossy pictures, diversity of recipes
Cons: more about lifestyle than about cooking

First of all here is a very brief introduction of myself, the critic, so you may be able to better understand the following review. I am a young, enthusiastic, male amateur cook who considers himself part of the American middle class.

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Pros: Beautiful pictures of food you will never be able to prepare.
Cons: High snobbery rating, difficult-to-locate ingredients, many snooty advertisements

If you are a snob and you are looking for advice on snobby cooking products or seeking a way to impress your snobby friends, then Food and Wine is for you! I, although I love to cook and love cooking magazines, am not a snob. I'm not interested in...

Pros: Great recipes, articles, destinations, and information.
Cons: None if you don't have an ulcer.

I flew on Northwest Airlines from Ft. Lauderdale to Detroit the Memorial Day weekend, and April Smith from St. Louis Park, Minnesota had thoughtfully left her May 2001 issue in the seat pocket of the plane. I had never read Food & Wine before taking...