I heard yesterday on NPR that the venerable Gourmet magazine is folding. It was rather depressing to see yet another icon fall by the wayside. I started my subscription fresh out of high school and it was definitely a formative influence on how my cooking, entertaining and table decorating tastes grew.
Alas years of catering drudgery , following a weight lifter's diet and generally being an all around curmudgeon have withered my dinner party gene, but I still found it pleasant to peruse one of my Gourmet cookbooks whenever I stumbled across them on the shelf. Call it food porn. I'm sure there will be an online presence but it won't be the same.
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Boo. This makes me sad as well. :(
It's the end of an era.
YES! I heard this on NPR as well. (We had simultaneous NPR-gasms?)
And I, too, have a withering entertaining gene. WTF? I used to have 12 over for dinner and nowadays can barely microwave a Lean Cuisine!
More importantly: Conde-Nast axed 'Modern BRIDE' too. Now what are we going to do?! :)
Ye Gods! Not 'MODERN BRIDE"!!!!!!
Modern Bride, House & Garden and Gourmet. It's like the entire Gay Sports Section being hit.
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