My mom gets me CI every year and I've never made a single recipe from it for all the otm reasons in this thread. But I do love it for the painstakingness of all the variations on a theme and the "hints from Heloise" flavored tips from readers pages (101 things to do with onion nets!) and mostly the Consumer Reports style appliance and utensil and condiment/staple comparisons.
I got Gastronimica for a few years early on and it's beautiful and all. But I think Saveur is the one I'll try next.
― Jaq, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 05:29 (thirteen years ago) link