I was standing in the check-out line yesterday staring blindly at the magazine rack while the lady in front of me doled out her coupons and her coins. She may have saved money, but I succumbed to purchasing a magazine devoted to food.
I’m a sucker for information about food: recipes, calories, carbs, short cuts, crock pot tips, cuts of meat, fresh vegetables, easy desserts for company, freezing leftovers, substituting something for sugar or butter, handy gadgets, you name it. So I can’t fault the woman in front of me for the fact that I purchased a food magazine.
I brought it home and spent part of the evening reading various recipes. By the time I got to the staple that indicates the middle, I saw a definite pattern emerging. And it was this: This food magazine has no interest in healthy eating or portion control or even sharing caloric content. It’s all about promoting the advertisers’ products. And, of course, the advertisers are primarily companies with many, many food lines.
Like cream cheese which you can add to your chicken dishes. And your macaroni and cheese dishes (on top of the usual cheese you’d use). Then there’s the hamburger noodle bake that includes cottage cheese, cream cheese, and parmesan. And a new combination of two comfort foods to create macaroni and cheese pizza.
I won’t name this magazine, but I will say the slogan on the front cover is “#1 Cooking Magazine in the World.” If this is true, then I predict other countries could soon have the same issues with obesity, childhood diabetes, and heart disease that have come to plague the United States.
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