Why so many NYT Cooking recipe suggestions here? Shills?

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[Post New]03/02/2022 07:45
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Anonymous
When people request recipes here, links to NYT Cooking recipes dominate threads. I don’t know anyone in real life who subscribes or recommends NYTC as a go to for recipes. Why would anyone pay for a subscription when there are endless free recipes and cooking sites online?

I tried NYTC at the beginning of the pandemic and found the recipes pretty mediocre. I saw no reason to subscribe.

Am I the only one who finds it curious that people always link recipes behind paywalls here?
[Post New]03/02/2022 07:57
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Anonymous
Those recipes weren’t behind a paywall until recently, and even now sometimes I can get to them easily. It’s a central location of a bunch of pretty good recipes I guess.
[Post New]03/02/2022 08:19
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Anonymous
How would you know who has a subscription in your life? I had a subscription that just lapsed but pretty sure nobody except my husband knew I had it.
[Post New]03/02/2022 08:28
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Anonymous
Most people I know have a NYT cooking subscription, so you’re the one who is weird, OP.
[Post New]03/02/2022 08:39
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Most people I know have a NYT cooking subscription, so you’re the one who is weird, OP.


^^^shill^^^
[Post New]03/02/2022 08:40
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Anonymous
That's weird. Who pays for recipes? No one I know. They are all online for free.
[Post New]03/02/2022 08:42
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:How would you know who has a subscription in your life? I had a subscription that just lapsed but pretty sure nobody except my husband knew I had it.


My friends in various social circles discuss cooking on a regular basis. We share recipes and comment on cooking programs, cookbooks, blogs. None of these women subscribe to NYTC.
[Post New]03/02/2022 08:44
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:When people request recipes here, links to NYT Cooking recipes dominate threads. I don’t know anyone in real life who subscribes or recommends NYTC as a go to for recipes. Why would anyone pay for a subscription when there are endless free recipes and cooking sites online?

I tried NYTC at the beginning of the pandemic and found the recipes pretty mediocre. I saw no reason to subscribe.

Am I the only one who finds it curious that people always link recipes behind paywalls here?


For the same reason that I subscribe to the NY Times even though I can read the Yahoo homepage for free.
[Post New]03/02/2022 08:44
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Anonymous
This is a highly educated, high income group. I bet almost all dcum readers have an NYTimes subscription and most have a cooking subscription.
[Post New]03/02/2022 08:46
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How would you know who has a subscription in your life? I had a subscription that just lapsed but pretty sure nobody except my husband knew I had it.


My friends in various social circles discuss cooking on a regular basis. We share recipes and comment on cooking programs, cookbooks, blogs. None of these women subscribe to NYTC.


I live in PG County and I would say 20% of the recipes that get passed to me are NYTimes? Maybe 15. A significant portion. Usually if someone is sharing one they screenshot it.
[Post New]03/02/2022 08:47
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:That's weird. Who pays for recipes? No one I know. They are all online for free.


For the same reasons I pay for news.
[Post New]03/02/2022 08:50
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:That's weird. Who pays for recipes? No one I know. They are all online for free.


Are you kidding? Finding a good recipe online is almost impossible. SEO means you get all those spammy terrible recipes from AllRecipes amateur cooks and hacks.

FoodNetwork can be okay but are pretty boring. .
[Post New]03/02/2022 08:51
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How would you know who has a subscription in your life? I had a subscription that just lapsed but pretty sure nobody except my husband knew I had it.


My friends in various social circles discuss cooking on a regular basis. We share recipes and comment on cooking programs, cookbooks, blogs. None of these women subscribe to NYTC.


Blogs. In 2022. Okay. Sure you all are 3 Star Michelin quality.
[Post New]03/02/2022 08:52
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How would you know who has a subscription in your life? I had a subscription that just lapsed but pretty sure nobody except my husband knew I had it.


My friends in various social circles discuss cooking on a regular basis. We share recipes and comment on cooking programs, cookbooks, blogs. None of these women subscribe to NYTC.


Who discuses recipes? Are these 1950s house wives?
[Post New]03/02/2022 08:58
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Anonymous
Because a lot of foo foo high brown pseudointellectuals in DC and the surrounding region subscribe to crap publications like NYT.
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