Dubbed the Jihad Cosmo, the marketers behind al-Qaeda's new women's glossy Al-Shamikha (the majestic woman) have clearly never read the sex-bible-in-list-form rag. With a cover that looks more like a jihad textbook (albeit for girls) than a Western glossy, Al-Shamikha puts new spins on standard ladymag topics, like how to find and keep a mujahideen, get a flawless complexion (keep your face Read more

One of my absolute favorite products that I discovered at the Ambiente design trade show, which I attended courtesy of Messe Frankfurt last month, was the Hallelujah Lamp from Netherlands-based designer Wonderable. But I don't just love it because it looks cool — and it does, doesn't it? First and foremost, the pendants are made from a Vietnamese printer's wastepaper, so it's not only Read more

Food & Wine magazine's quest for the People's Best New Chef is over, and a winner has been declared: Jamie Bissonnette of Coppa in Boston, MA, has won the popular vote. "It's fantastic that Jamie, who champions offal and serves calf's brain ravioli and blood sausage pepperoni pizza, has such a huge following," Food & Wine editor in chief Dana Cowin said in a statement. The other Read more

One of the most coveted awards a young chef can receive is the title of Food & Wine's Best New Chef. Every April, the Food & Wine staff selects 10 chefs to be honored in the magazine and at a gala at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen. This year, for the first time ever, the glossy has added a people's choice element to Best New Chefs. It's partnered with CNN's food blog, Eatocracy, to Read more

Last year, Bon Appétit magazine got a new home and a new editor in chief. Now it's got an irreverent new advertising campaign titled Bite Me. Set to launch next Monday, the promotion includes four city-specific websites in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Los Angeles. "With this campaign, we are having fun with a play on words, inviting the advertiser and consumer to take a bite out of Bon Read more

No matter how you feel about magazines on the iPad, the device does have the ability to turn print pages into interactive experiences. And while I'm a magazine fan in the traditional sense, magazines translated to the iPad are growing on me. According to publishers, though, sales of digital magazine editions aren't as high as they'd like, and the answer could be a magazine storefront for tablet Read more