Cooking Club Annual Recipes Sifter has a beautifully simple premise- to collect between hard covers every recipe the magazine has run in the past year.
That simplicity contrasts with the bustle of producing a year’s worth of magazine issues. Yet all those story conferences, taste testings, photo shoots, and line edits are worth the effort: As the magazine enters its 22nd year, 12 million people turn to Cooking Club Recipes Sifter every month for the latest in how to eat smart, be fit, and live well.
Of course, as editor-in-chief, I know that our signature better-for-you recipes and trademark photography have everything to do with that success. We tested more than 6,000 recipes in our Test Kitchens last year and ran more than 800 of them.
- Cooking Club readers crave nutrition news. “Body Boosters” explores the relationship between various nutrients and overall good health. Ten terrific recipes point to tasty ways to nourish every part of your body.
- Food is an indelible marker of place, and we bring readers authentic recipes from some of America’s most distinctive locations. We visited Vermont’s Morse Farm Sugar Shack. The recipes developed by New Englander Barbara Lauterbach frequent contributor to the magazine-run the gamut from a piquant salad to a satisfyingly sweet snack cake.
- The magazine’s popular “Cooking Club” series focused this year on the fundamental techniques every Home Cooks chef should master. Among the top topics are grilling, Stir-frying, and Roasting.
- Our seasonal cookbooks are both perennial reader favorites. “The Summer Cooks” shows how to capitalize on the choicest ingredients, from apricots to baby squash to beefsteak tomatoes. “The Holiday Cookbook” offers a selection of great appetizers, entrees, side dishes, and desserts. It even includes all-new recipes for making Christmas gifts from the kitchen.
So which of our recipes are our favorites? They’re the dishes that are the most memorable. They’re the ones readers keep calling and writing about, the ones our staff whip up for their own families and friends.
