Cooking With Paula Deen

Great magazine. But don't subscribe here. You can do it online at her website or tear out the order form in a magazine and it will cost 50% less.

This isn't a slickly-produced title like Gourmet or Cooking Light. It's a locally done magazine skewed toward an older audience with easy recipes using supermarket ingredients (what "semi-homemade" SHOULD be). I don't think the recipes are of the caliber you'd find in one of Paula's cookbooks, but they are easy and most people will enjoy them. Note: As in many magazines, seasonings in the amounts called for in these recipes will result in a bland finished product. You can easily double the seasonings in them on the first try, without even tasting the recipe first.

I watch Paula on TV as often as I can and the magazine gives another chance to get her recipes and see all the things she is up to. I really enjoyed the two copies of the magazine that I have read Keep up the good work and Thank You for being a real down home southern country girl. Me too.

If you like Paula, and many folks do, you will enjoy this magazine. They are light and enjoyable reading. However, the magazine really is giving the reader a "taste of Savannah" and a look into Paula's life...perhaps a bit too much. They are not pure cooking magazines. Also, if you have all of Paula's cookbooks, you may have the recipes already. Hopefully as the magazine progresses, there will be less of Paula's life / house / family / etc, and more new recipes.

I agree 100% with the comments already made that the price listed here is not a good value. I got my subscription from the magazine's website for far less. The price listed here is comparable to that of magazines that come monthly (Paula's is once every two months) and that are much larger. Paula's magazine is about 1/3 the pages of a "Cooking Light"

I ordered this magazine for my grandmother, as we are both HUGE Paula fans. We got the first issue and read it front to back several times. It is an awesome publication filled with recipes and pictures and stories about Paula's life. I think it really captures the feeling of Paula Deens show.