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Do you remember reading a fantastic recipe in a magazine but you either can't remember where or you've thrown out your copy? If you're keen to get your hands on a copy of that recipe again, the world of online research is your friend.



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    Try to recall the name of the recipe. Even if you can't remember the exact name, the major ingredients and the type of dish or baked good are suitable for a search.
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    Remember the name of the magazine. If you can manage this, it will help enormously.
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    Recall the date. If at all possible, can you remember what date the recipe was published?
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    Go online. Here are several possible methods to try:
    • If you remember the name of the magazine, go to its site. Most cooking, housekeeping, lifestyle, and women's magazines keep excellent databases of all their recipes in the online environment. Find the search tool and enter in the details that you have to hand, whether it is the name or the chief ingredients and type of recipe. For example: "Cake, sweet potato".
    • If you remember the name of the magazine and the date, look for the exact month's issue on sites that provide for this capacity. Scroll through the cooking section for that month/issue.
    • If you don't remember the magazine or the date, do a general search engine search for the recipe type and ingredients, or by name of the recipe if you remember it. Even if you don't turn up the exact one from your lost magazine, you might just hit on a similar recipe or even the same one, on a different site.
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    Try writing to the magazine if you have no luck online. If you remember the magazine, write and ask for a copy. Most magazines will oblige, especially if you ask for electronic copy. Writing to a magazine can be especially helpful where you remember the recipe and magazine but the recipe was from many years ago, prior to general internet database construction. Sometimes we get nostalgic for recipes from our childhood and those of us with good memories might have the image of the recipe still stuck in our minds from reading the magazine! Magazines are often happy to reprint such recipe requests as part of a forthcoming issue because this demonstrates how a long-time reader has remained loyal and reflects the quality of the magazine's recipe choices.
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Categories: Recipe Books and Cookbooks

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Español: Cómo encontrar una receta que recuerdas de una revista, Русский: найти рецепт, который вы видели в журнале

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