best old-stylers magazines

lbt_2 · 2 February 2009 at 8:13PM

With trend of good home cooking on the up, schools seem to be focussing more on cooking and healthy eating. So for those of you that are parents, I found this in my Good Food Magazine (the March Issue - I get it early as a subscriber):

Good Food Magazine (cookery and food magazine) are getting rid of some of their huge pile of back issues, and would like to pass them on to UK schools.

Details below:

"If you'd like some mags, please send an email to [EMAIL="goodfood@bbc.co.uk"]goodfood@bbc.co.uk[/EMAIL], telling them a bit about your classes and the recipes you love to cook from Good Food. Please also tell us your name, relationship to the school, delivery address and the number of pupils in your class."

Would love to hear if anyone gets some of these for their school. I am going to apply for our school and also pass the info on to our Head Teacher too.

Larumbelle · 2 February 2009 at 8:22PM

I saw this - I thought it was a brilliant idea, very generous of them.

I wish I was close enough to my old school to suggest they get some; then again, the school canteen has just been condemned, so they don't even get to eat cooked food there anymore, let alone learn to make it :rolleyes:

Lucky kids these days who actually learn anything about cooking in their home-ec lessons!

lbt_2 · 3 February 2009 at 9:30AM

silvercharming wrote: »

the school canteen has just been condemned, so they don't even get to eat cooked food there anymore, let alone learn to make it :rolleyes:

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What a shame! How awful for them - imagine not having a hot dinner on a day like today, then having to go back into the classroom

We are so lucky, at my little ones' school the food is absolutely amazing - the take up rate for school dinners is over 80%!

sunflower76 · 22 February 2009 at 3:26PM

I get Delicious magazine and often find recipes in there to try out. I've now got enough Clubcard points to get another free subscription but I'm not sure which other magazine has good OS / MS recipes, if they do.

The choices are Good Food or Olive? Does anyone get either and is it any good?

littleredhen · 22 February 2009 at 3:28PM

yes had good food magazine and really enjoyed it

mouseymousey99 · 22 February 2009 at 3:41PM

I'd say Good Food too, the other is more restaurant & travel based - why not have a shufftie at the websites and decide from them?

RosyRed · 22 February 2009 at 3:48PM

I get Good Food(also from Clubcard subscription!) and am really enjoying it.My neighbour passes Olive on to me sometimes,that includes more things like like articles on restaurant reviews,eating out here and sometimes abroad.Has some nice recipes in ,though I think I prefer Good Food on the whole.

Gingernutmeg · 22 February 2009 at 3:54PM

I love Olive but it's more 'foodie' than OS, I think. Good Food would be better for all round recipes, or maybe something like Good Housekeeping? They don't have that many recipes in there but what they do have tend to be very good and well tested.

SunnyGirl · 22 February 2009 at 4:30PM

I like Good Food but find the recipes can be expensive, which is lovely if you want a treat but not for the every day cooking for the ten thousand lol! I get Easy Cook its another BBC mag and has great recipes I prefer it to Good Food nowadays which doesnt answer your original question at all sorry!