It is an example of user-generated content in magazines, publishing recipes submitted by home cooks.

The magazine was first published in 1993[2] with an aim to provide readers with recipes and information geared toward home cooks.

Early issues used ingredients that could be found at local American grocery stores.

[citation needed] Taste of Home produces a variety of special interest publications, cookbooks and recipe collections.

[3] In 2002, Reader's Digest acquired Reiman Publications, Taste of Home's publisher, for $760 million.