I've come to this discussion pretty late in the game, but wanted to add a few comments here.
First of all, I only have a partial collection of the Cusinart publication, _The Pleasures of Cooking_. I also have (even fewer) of their earlier publication _Cooking_. I believe that Barbara Kafka was the editor for the _Cooking_ publication. Both are excellent publications that I would encourage people to watch for. I know I go back to them repeatedly.
About fifteen years ago I actually spoke w/someone involved with Cuisinart's website. I told him that I thought Cusinart was missing a major bet by not taking all of the recipes/articles from these pubs and posting them on their website. Rather like the Williams-Sonoma and King Arthur Flour sites, where I have gone to the trouble to create an id and have favorite recipes that I go back repeatedly. And sometimes I purchase things while I'm there. Cusinart could make this treasure available to a much broader audience. And, based on when it was published, I'm willing to bet there are no restrictions on Cusinart as far as posting e-versions. If anyone out there has ties to Cusinart, I hope you'll encourage them to consider this
I also recently acquired an outstanding sheet scanner which I've been using to beat down the depressing amount of accumulated paper that I have. Best purchase I've made in a long time.
For many magazines, it's a matter of finding the recipe/article that I kept the magazine for and scanning those few sheets. For a few (very few) publications, I want to keep the whole magazine. In those cases, I've also created an index in a spreadsheet. This is what I've been doing with the Cusinart publications that I have.
I'm finding that I am quite happy with electronic versions of magazines like Fine Cooking. I purchased the Fine Cooking DVD with the first (100?) set of magazines in it. It came with a search function. I took almost all of my FC off to the Goodwill. One DVD vs 2' of magazines was not a hard choice. When one of my friends said she missed being able to lie in bed on a rainy day and go through a bunch of magazines, I handed her an ipad.
Using a laptop, tablet, or even many smart phones, it is now easy enough to take the device with you to use as you cook. I learned that a gallon ziploc bag provides adequate protection for an ipad and gives you the additional benefit of being able to find obscure subsititutions (How may extra-large eggs = 4 large eggs kind of issues.)
It also cuts down on the likelihood of my being buried under an avalanche of old magazines.
I can see that I got off course here. I apologize.
1. Encourage Cusinart to post all of the articles & recipes from Cooking and The Pleasures of Cooking on their website.
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I've come to this discussion pretty late in the game, but wanted to add a few comments here.
First of all, I only have a partial collection of the Cusinart publication, _The Pleasures of Cooking_. I also have (even fewer) of their earlier publication _Cooking_. I believe that Barbara Kafka was the editor for the _Cooking_ publication. Both are excellent publications that I would encourage people to watch for. I know I go back to them repeatedly.
About fifteen years ago I actually spoke w/someone involved with Cuisinart's website. I told him that I thought Cusinart was missing a major bet by not taking all of the recipes/articles from these pubs and posting them on their website. Rather like the Williams-Sonoma and King Arthur Flour sites, where I have gone to the trouble to create an id and have favorite recipes that I go back repeatedly. And sometimes I purchase things while I'm there. Cusinart could make this treasure available to a much broader audience. And, based on when it was published, I'm willing to bet there are no restrictions on Cusinart as far as posting e-versions. If anyone out there has ties to Cusinart, I hope you'll encourage them to consider this
I also recently acquired an outstanding sheet scanner which I've been using to beat down the depressing amount of accumulated paper that I have. Best purchase I've made in a long time.
For many magazines, it's a matter of finding the recipe/article that I kept the magazine for and scanning those few sheets. For a few (very few) publications, I want to keep the whole magazine. In those cases, I've also created an index in a spreadsheet. This is what I've been doing with the Cusinart publications that I have.
I'm finding that I am quite happy with electronic versions of magazines like Fine Cooking. I purchased the Fine Cooking DVD with the first (100?) set of magazines in it. It came with a search function. I took almost all of my FC off to the Goodwill. One DVD vs 2' of magazines was not a hard choice. When one of my friends said she missed being able to lie in bed on a rainy day and go through a bunch of magazines, I handed her an ipad.
Using a laptop, tablet, or even many smart phones, it is now easy enough to take the device with you to use as you cook. I learned that a gallon ziploc bag provides adequate protection for an ipad and gives you the additional benefit of being able to find obscure subsititutions (How may extra-large eggs = 4 large eggs kind of issues.)
It also cuts down on the likelihood of my being buried under an avalanche of old magazines.
I can see that I got off course here. I apologize.
1. Encourage Cusinart to post all of the articles & recipes from Cooking and The Pleasures of Cooking on their website.
2. Consider going digital w/your cookbooks.
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