Food & Wine
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "I've been subscribing to F&W for years and years. It used to be a great food mag but no longer. The content used to feature people of all creeds, races, colors, religions, etc, because the people featured just happened to be whatever they were while contributing something great to the food and wine scene. It wasn't forced or contrived, and it was interesting. Over the past several months, more and more, the content features people BECAUSE they are a certain color or race or gender, with the food element often taking a backseat to social justice politics (Marxism). The content is contrived and artificial, and the magazine becomes duller by the issue. I'm forever canceling my years' long subscription today. The final straw? The June issue was dedicated to Juneteenth; the new July issue mentions nothing at all about the Fourth of July, American Independence Day. Not even an attempt on the cover to show that these people appreciate the country that bestows them the cherished Freedom and Liberty to publish their woke garbage at the expense of the good content they used to produce. I threw it straight into the garbage, with the rest of the trash, where it belongs."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'What has happened to one of my favorite food magazines? Month by month the magazine has become less interesting to me. When the Photography issue arrived, I looked through it and then called to cancel my subscription. Photography issue? Really?'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have subscribed to Food and Wine for about 5 years. I love the emails with curated recipes, and often cook from those. I also have some of their old cookbook collections, which are inspiring. Since the demise of "Gourmet Magazine", Food and Wine has become my go-to for everything from simple family meals to entertaining.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Purchased subscription on Cyber Monday for $5.00 for my girlfriend who always finds something she likes in every issue. Cannot complain. Just make sure to set a reminder on calendar to cancel subscription or you will be renewed with a new price.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I've subscribed to Food & Wine for years. However, I've chosen to switch over to Amazon subscription not only because their subscriptions are so affordable, but because I appreciate their renewal practices. Years ago, I learned never to give my credit card number for a magazine renewal because I might be charged an outrageous amount for an auto-renewal. However, Amazon (which of course has my Chase credit card number) warns me at least a month in advance that I'm up for renewal. They also tell me what my renewal price will be, and that price is equal to the current subscription price. So I'm now very happy trusting Amazon for all of my renewals on my favorite magazines at the most favorable price."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "*For reference I am a baking major working in retail*\nI started my subscription a few months ago and it's brought me joy every time a new issue arrives. I've tried other food magazines such as Bon Appetit and taste of home and both of them fell flat in areas where this one thrives.\nCompared to Bon Appetit; Food and Wine has good food that's actually able to be cooked without buying an entirely new pantry of ingredients or searching out a specific type of pepper that nobody has heard of.\nIt's notably thicker than the Bon Appetit magazines but I find the content more enjoyable.\nCompared to taste of home: Better stories, food that doesn't feel like my grandmother would serve out of her 45 year old Tupperware, and an actual focus on food.\nFeels more approachable to a younger audience than a lot of magazines and has a lot more variety."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'It’s about food. It’s about wine. It’s about food and wine, sometimes together and sometimes not. It’s pro food and pro wine. It’s glossy with lotsa pictures of food and wine.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I'm not a huge fan of magazines but figured I'd subscribe to some to see how they were. Food & Wine has some great stuff, and not as much useless filler as some other magazines. I will probably subscribe again.\n\nI really like looking through this magazine. It's one of the ones I actually look forward to getting.\n\nOnly thing I haven't been thrilled about is the price range of the wines they feature. Some are reasonable but I'm not someone who buys $30+ bottles of wine on a regular basis. It's nice to have those types of recommendations for when I do, but it'd be nice to see more everyday accessible wines.\n\nI don't use the electronic access; it was just bundled with the print subscription."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': "This is an attractive magazine, but it doesn't apply to me. Most of the recipes have ingredients that I've never heard of or tasted. The grocery stores here in northern Michigan usually have never heard of some of the ingredients either. I was hoping to see more articles about wine, but there are very few. I'd like to know about wineries, and how wine is made and about wine contests around the country and what wines won at the contests and about the different grapes that are used in making wine and which ones grow best where in our country, etc. but the articles I've been seeing haven't interested me. I won't be renewing my subscription."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Food & Wine may be the best magazine I've ever subscribed to. All of the content is good:. The reviews, the incredible recipes and amazing photos. The articles are well-crafted and even the covers look great on the coffee table. If you like to eat well and enjoy a glass or a dram, this is a winner."}]