Regional Food (Back to the current entry)

Looking at it another way
In an effort to cut down on clutter, cost and delays (yes I'm impatient too while waiting for a favourite magazine's next issue), I get some of my overseas magazines in digital formats such as Zinio.

If you've tried our online Electric versions you'll get the idea. I think the Zinio reader is slicker but is flaky when viewed on my older PC. If you're technically inclined, all of them work on the idea that you've laid out the magazine for printing, and can make a PDF from it. Online this gets turned into a Flash page you can zoom in on.

See the sample at right. It's from a digital photography magazine about the guy who photographed the last few Jamie Oliver cookbooks, David Loftus. His food photography is simple and attractive. You can only 'read' ie. zoom in, on 3 pages in the sample but if you know how to clear your cache and cookies you can see another three each time. Or buy a single issue and see how it works. I suggest viewing it full screen (the button with the double arrows).

Now tell us if that kind of format is how you'd read a magazine like Regional Food. It'd be a lot cheaper to give you.