By the numbers
10-1-69
The first issue of Taste
2,600
Number of weekly issues over 50 years
15,164
Number of pages over the past 50 years
138
Number of recipes in the largest issue, for Thanksgiving 1971
44
Number of pages in the largest issue, for Thanksgiving 1971
38
Number of articles in the largest issue, for Thanksgiving 1971
30+
Recipes for Beer Cheese Soup
4
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