My wife used to be an editor for that magazine, but then again so did a couple hundred others. Always sounded impressive, until you saw the magazine and the list of "editors".
The wife must own a hundred cookbooks, but I've only seen her use a cookbook maybe 3-4 time in the 25 years we've been married. She makes everything from scratch, and never the same way twice. Everything is a function of what she has on hand. I've seen her go through the pantry and frig and pull stuff out that was expiring and/or had small amounts left, take stock of everything, then whip up something. She grew up on a farm, and her Dad was a former WWII PoW. No food, or potential ingredient thereof, was wasted or left to go bad in that household.
