Today's Shocker: Shutting Down the Presses for Gourmet Magazine
There is some interesting cultural commentary to be made on the decline of this icon in the food world, despite the greater interest in food in popular culture. Another interesting point to note: the survival of Gourmet’s sibling Bon Appetit. Bon Appetit is another Conde Nast publication that seems to be aimed at appealing more to the self-proclaimed “foodie” versus the “cook,” “epicure,” or “gourmand” (a semantic point that I hope to flesh out at a later time).
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Bon Appetit is an enjoyable magazine, but Gourmet was so much more of a cultural cornerstone. I felt the same way about...
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