Cook's Illustrated Magazine

I have been a subscriber to Cooks Illustrated for decades, most recently this iPad version. The latest edition (May-June 2024) is available to me as an Apple News+ subscriber and has been since early in the month. However, your iPad app is still just offering me the March-April edition, on the 17th of the month. The new issues reliably appeared shortly after the first of the month they were expected. Why is the content available now on Apple News but not in the app? The interactive features disappeared with the pandemic (is working from home really preventing these features from being reinstated, or is it just cost savings?) and the release of the electronic version keeps getting delayed more with each issue. It is feeling like you really want to abandon this version of the magazine, it is an afterthought.

I love Cook’s Illustrated...I have been a subscriber for forever. The recipes and cooking techniques have been a delight and have contributed to many delicious family meals including providing great inspiration for entertaining guests when I need something to make them say Wow! And, the product information is so well done and has proven to be a source that I can use to help keep me informed about a wide variety of interesting finds. Thank you so much for a beautiful publication ❤️

I subscribed to CI magazine for years, even putting up with the relentless marketing by Chris Kimball and company, and the weak writing, because the magazine is always filled with great food, great reviews, and great tips-n-tricks. This app gives you all that, and more; love the color fade-in, the navigation is a breeze, and all the benefits of the print version are there. It’s pretty much a total win, so why just 4 stars? There is one thing it won’t do, and it drives me crazy. The ipad sits in its cover, or keyboard, or what-have-you, in landscape position. If it’s plugged in, it pretty much *has* to be horizontal, not vertical. Sadly, the CI app does not rotate to fit. It stubbornly remains a portrait-mode-only app, which reduces it’s usefulness a full 20% to me. Part of the reason, it seems, is that you can’t scroll endlessly; scrolling is full-page only, which is in itself a pain, but I’m guessing is required for the navigation to function as seamlessly as it does; but perhaps they could implement the same thing as a half-page scroll when in landscape mode? If they fixed this, it’d be 5 stars without hesitation. Anyway, that’s the only issue I have with the digital issues. Everything else is great, and I’d recommend this app to anybody who enjoys the print version.