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The magazine massacre rolls on at publishing empire Condé Nast, with the company reportedly cutting three more magazines: Gourmet, Cookie and Modern Bride. While NY1's Pat Kiernan is sad about Cookie crumbling, the gourmands out there will not be happy with the news of the nearly 70-year-old Gourmet folding, a mag the Times declares reached "biblical status in the food world."
Back in February when rumors whirled around about more cuts, Gourmet's in-house rival, Bon Appétit's publisher Paul Jowdy, said "They would never do that. They’re both very important magazines in the culinary world, and they’re very different magazines, and they’re both very healthy ... if you think of two of the most prestigious, credible, trusted magazines in the industry, you’re going to say Bon Appétit and Gourmet.” Of course, prestige, credibility and trust are nothing compared to the sharp blade of McKinsey consultants!
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Print is dead.
Print will never be completely dead until someone designs a web notebook specifically designed for bathroom installation.
They already make notebook computers specifically for use in the bathroom.
Really?? I actually did not know this. :)
Wow, they really did it.
boofuckinghoo.
i can count on one hand the number of people at conde nast who aren't in dire need of a good humbling... and i'm missing a finger.
Too bad, but inevitable, I suppose. I cancelled my subscription years ago. Gourmet was more food tourism than food preparation.
Alas, Gourmet. I subscribed for over 20 years. I remember when it was one of America's best magazines, and actually was written for gourmets, not arriviste snobs who can't tell money from class. You remember, before Ruth Reichle decided to use her power as editor to show all those people who actually got invited to the Prom who was the big, important girl now! I remember reading Gerald Asher's (the finest wine writer writing in the English language) article every month, and wanting to go out, immediately, and buy bottles of the wine he was covering that month; she turned that into "six New Zealand whites to serve with Guacamole!". I cooked countless dishes from their pages, celebrating fresh fruits and vegetables of the season; recipes that called for asparagus in February and apples in March began to appear, along with overpriced hard-to-find (even in New York City!) ingredients. Sadly, Gourmet is now just another lifestyle rag, with wet-dream articles about restaurants you'll probably never eat in, and hotels you can't afford to stay in. Dangling all those expensive things in front of your readers and thinking it's "class" is really the same as leaving the label on the sleeve of a new jacket to show everyone that it really IS camelhair. Really! 100% See? See?
Perhaps someone will, one day, resurrect Gourmet. Until that day, we who actually enjoy great food, wine & travel and loather snobbery will miss what once really was "our magazine".
if you've been reading it for over 20 years, you should know that the name is 'Reichl'.
oh, and i particularly like how you clarify the writing of gerald asher as the 'the finest wine writer writing in the English language' - as if to say, 'i know other better wine writers but they only write in ukrainian.'
what were you saying about 'snobbery'? it seems to have gotten lost amidst the douchebaggery.
Douchebaggery, yes, but still he has a point. I cooked out of the magazine for years until it became harder and harder to find actual recipes amid the tour guides of Places You Cannot Possibly Afford To Visit. I moved on to better sources.
" as if to say, 'i know other better wine writers but they only write in ukrainian.'"
Your statement does not follow logically... but then, you feel some kind of intellectual superiority by pointing out a misspelling, while failing to use the uppercase "I" in your ststement. See how small and foolish you're being? Run along and play. The adults here are having a discussion,
The Gourmet sounds like that NY magazine Eats (?). Just stylized photoshopped food porn. I can get real food pictures on TV.
How many bridal magazines does Conde Nast need? They already have "Brides" and yet they created "Modern Bride".
On a related note, the problem with Conde Nast Portfolio was that it was only published once a month. In 2008, nobody wanted to read about the financial markets one month later! Important events were happening and people wanted their news and commentary asap. Notice how thin BusinessWeek is now? And even WSJ's Smart Money is thinning.
If you think about it there might be such a thing called media overload. There are way too many magazines out in the market today.
I always thought it was a little confusing that Conde had two similar titles in this category. But to kill Gourmet? That's just fucking soulless.
Gourmet was a throwback to the Seventies and Eighties when gourmet cooking was a popular hobby amongst the arrivistes and newly minted foodies. Today, it's all fresh, local, organic, and simple. If Gourmet's writers didn't waste pages on tourist fantasies and Michellin-rated restaurants, the mag would have sunk years ago.
MULLIGAN STEW
A time-tested, tent city favorite.
(substitute non-meat product or rodent as necessary)
http://www.recipetips.com/recipe-cards/t--2346/mulligan-stew.asp
Wow, now if only Conde were smart enough to do some common sense accounting, as opposed to PAYING CONSULTANTS to do it for them. Hey Chuck Townsend, if you need another accountant, look me up!