Addicted to buying every month (BBC Olive Magazine)

Member Name: magika

Product:	BBC Olive Magazine
Date:	17/05/09 (15 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Fairly priced, an enjoyable read

Disadvantages: can get expensive if you don't subscribe but buy every month

Olive magazine is a BBC production, its always printed on high quality paper with a glossy frontage. Although the pictures do alter month to month they are always tempting and draw your eye. In the summer they tend to be more colourful thus reflecting the season, in the autumn they tend to be darker with pictures of real comfort food again though it always looks tempting. It is priced at £3.40 per issue available once a month.
It is always a month ahead ie Mays issue is available in April and so forth. I find this very very handy as you can plan ahead especially if you like to stay in season with the produce you use. It also helps with meal planning, if you like to follow the magazine recipes you can plan, make a shopping list and do the shopping ahead of time if you see what I mean.

As an ardent foodie I adore this magazine it is always packed full of recipes, suggestions, wine matches for meals, new and intresting things, reviews for travel, restaurants and cookbooks. The cookbook reviews tend to come with an extract from said cookbook to give you a feel of the book and if you may like to try it.

Gordon Ramsay provides a recipe in every issue complete with a masterclass on how to prep and serve up yout culinary creations. There are offerings from several celebrity chefs and Masterchef hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode both doing what they do best.

All in all a very good read and very entertaining which I have and would recommend to other food lovers.

Summary: Well worth reading