This week, the demise of Gourmet was announced. It shocked me, since it seemed that the magazine, first published in 1940, 
would always be there to kick around. The recipes were buried between too many travel and lifestyle photos, and I stopped being a fan years ago. For my last birthday, a friend gave me a subscription to Gourmet. I was not sad when it ran out.
Cooks Illustrated [1] (from America’s Test Kitchen) is my favorite cooking magazine. The recipes are tested and re-tested and virtually foolproof. There are no ads or extraneous fluff, and I learn something each time I leaf through the pages. (Like using coffee filters as a cover for food in the microwave.) I’ve recently added a new cookbook to my collection, also from America’s Test Kitchen, Cooking for Two [2]. I’ve made their Meatballs and Spaghetti recipe several times, and it’s delicious. And because I’m a pasta freak, next up is Lasagna.