Saveur (1-year auto-renewal)

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Saveur magazine celebrates the culture and tradition of cooking with stories and recipes from around the world. Aimed at home cooks who enjoy preparing a variety of classic and innovative dishes for their families and friends, the magazine presents articles on everything from how to prepare simple weeknight meals to profiles of unique ingredients only available in a single specific location.

In addition to showing you how to best prepare basic traditional dishes, such as scrambled eggs or mashed potatoes, Saveur magazine also explores world cuisine with features on restaurants and chefs around the globe. Product and cookbook reviews help you make the most out of your kitchen experience and introduce you to new ways of performing kitchen tasks. Regular columns on wine, beer, and cocktails help you pair drinks with meals, and entertaining guides focusing on everything from holidays to casual dinner parties help you make meals with friends more enjoyable.

The visual storytelling style found in Saveur magazine brings the personalities, places, and individual dishes to life for readers. Stunning food photography will have you eager to create the featured dishes, and the travel destinations depicted will make you eager to take a culinary adventure of your own. You'll also find inspiration for decorating and stocking your kitchen with regular features focusing on kitchen design, celebrity kitchens, and product picks from the editors.

Whether you are an established home cook or an aspiring gourmand just starting to investigate the techniques cooks use around the world, Saveur magazine will inspire you to take your kitchen skills to a new level.

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This magazine is edited for people interested in food. It explores the authentic cuisines of the world, tracks recipes and ingredients to their places of origin and illuminates their history, traditions and local flavors. It includes all aspects of the world of food including eating, cooking and reading. In addition, it contains informative news about the latest in culinary trends, kitchen tips and techniques and a calendar of culinary events.

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Product Details

• Format: Magazine
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Publisher: Bonnier Corporation
• ASIN: B002CT51A6
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105 in Magazines (See Top 100 in Magazines)
  • #5 in Magazines > Food & Gourmet > Recipes & Techniques
This magazine subscription is provided by Bonnier Corporation

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

56 of 56 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality, Content and Value! September 15, 2003

By A Customer

Subscription Term Name:1 year

Nuts 'n Bolts opinion...you get what you pay for (apologies for ending the sentence with a preposition!). SAVEUR is quality, specific directions and very clear. Other competitive magazines have 80% ads throughout magazine. Saveur does not. Photos are superb. The recipes continue on next page (vs. continued 43 pages in the back), Editor's comments on availability, etc. are included. Paper is thick and high gloss. We spend more money each month on Starbucks. Treat yourself to a much less expensive luxury. Subscribe to SAVEUR.

182 of 195 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best for Fun Food June 18, 2003

By R. Swanson

Subscription Term Name:1 year

I say "fun" because food should
be a pleasure, as well as an
exploration of the new and
different. One of the great strengths
of this magazine is that you
can get most of the ingredients
without having to visit a particular
store somewhere in the depths of
New York City. The people creating
the recipes are making the effort
to make preparing the food easier
for American cooks.

"Coffee table" magazine? I don't
think so... "Food and Wine": now that
is a magazine more devoted to showing
breathless closeups of beautiful
food. You can't eat it, and you can't
find the ingredients, but it looks
lovely. Yes, the photography in
Saveur is very nice, but that
just enhances the experience for me.

I am a former subscriber to a LOT
of food magazines. Gourmet lost it
when they went PC, and you can never
find the very special ingredients
they mention, unless you live
on a particular street in NYC. F&W
already mentioned. Williams/Sonoma had a
nice magazine, but now sadly gone.

I also like the travel aspect to
the articles, which is generally
much more "real" travel than you get
in other food magazines. As an
example, Gourmet will send a reporter
to the most expensive hotel/restaurant
in Italy, while Saveur will explore the
wonderful food and drinks to be found in
the Italian countryside.

I think the best compliment is that
other food magazines are stealing
ideas from Saveur, in hopes of grabbing
the same audience. A theme shows
up in Saveur, only to be repeated
a month or two later in Food and
Wine.

Perfect? No, but Saveur is working
on it, having had some ups and
downs in the last few years. I
think that the patient is recovering
nicely at this time (6/03).

62 of 65 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Not your typical cooking magazine March 3, 2002

By A Customer

Subscription Term Name:1 year

Saveur isn't in the same genre as other cooking magazines, and it is for precisely that reason that I give it a five-star rating. While I love my Bon Appetit and Cooking Light, Saveur is a completely different way of looking at food and cooking. It's far more cultural and in-depth than any of these other magazines can possibly be, given their target audiences. If you really want to take an in-depth look at food and culture, I highly recommend Saveur. The recipes that are included are very cookable. But this is a magazine you'll certainly want to read as much as you cook from it. It's not going to have recipes that you make on a busy weeknight. Rather, these recipes are cultural investigations and weekend projects. They're great for entertaining if you have friends who are as curious about culture and food and who love to experiment as much as you do. After reading Saveur and trying the accompanying and well-chosen recipes, you'll have a much greater appreciation for culture and food. Saveur really gets to the heart of the spiritual joy of eating and sharing food. If you can't travel, Saveur truly is the next best thing, and in this respect, is a highly "accessible" resource.