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Re: America's Test Kitchen/Cook's Country Website - worth it?

I have the all access membership for America's Test Kitchen, Cook's Illustrated, and Cook's Country. They were running a special for $49 for a one year subscription. I really enjoy the recipes and equipment reviews. 

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Re: America's Test Kitchen/Cook's Country Website - worth it?

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We bought the cookbook and love it, all the recipes included. 

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Re: America's Test Kitchen/Cook's Country Website - worth it?


@deeva wrote:

I have the all access membership for America's Test Kitchen, Cook's Illustrated, and Cook's Country. They were running a special for $49 for a one year subscription. I really enjoy the recipes and equipment reviews. 


 

After host Christopher Kimball left I stopped watching it.. The show lost something.

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Re: America's Test Kitchen/Cook's Country Website - worth it?

Yes, I do subscribe and I believe it's worth it to me. I find it a very helpful resource, both for recipes and for product (food processors, for example) and food reviews (chicken broth for example). Give it a try - if you don't like it, cancel your subscription.

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Re: America's Test Kitchen/Cook's Country Website - worth it?

Sure one can purchase the cookbooks - I assume you mean the one for each season's programs, but these aren't inexpensive. $75 likely wouldn't get you three books, but if you subscribe you get all of their recipes and a whole lot more. They publish numerous cookbooks each year, not just the one for a given TV season's recipes. Cookbooks are beautiful and I love them, but I like being able to do an online search for ANY recipe they've ever published - I don't have to remember which book a given recipe is in if I only had their books. And I can think, "I wonder if they've ever created a recipe for X". I do a search and more than likely I'll find a recipe for what I was searching for. 

 

In the end it's personal preference and one should choose whatever option she prefers.