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Add Social Enterprise To Business For Success

Jon Carson | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Nonprofits, Biddingforgood, Social Good, Innovation, Education, Social Business, Gourmet Magazine, Impact News
Jon Carson

Indeed, the climate is ripe for social enterprises to be profitable while making great contributions toward social good. Why now? Because right now many institutions face deep, universal funding challenges due to stock market losses, reductions in charitable giving, and lost government resources.

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Meatloaf With An Attitude

Rosie DeQuattro | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Comfort Food, Shelled Pistachios, Gourmet Magazine, Meat Loaf, Chicken Liver, Winter Farmers Markets, KitchenDaily News
Rosie DeQuattro

When I read the list of ingredients I knew I had to make it. It combines some of my favorite foods: fruit and nuts. It's not all that exotic to combine fruit in meat dishes when you come to think of it.

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How I Bought 3,500 Cookbooks and Got 6,317

Rozanne Gold | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Fales Library Food Studies Collection, Gourmet Magazine, Gourmet Magazine Cookbook Collection, Gourmet Magazine Closes, Gourmet Cookbook Collection, Recipes, Cookbooks, Recipe Collections, Food News
Rozanne Gold

Gourmet magazine made the world of food possible for many of us: We ate and drank its dreams. Its images and words shaped our aspirations, piqued our curiosity, cajoled us to travel, and steered us to ancient hungers.

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Ruth Reichl To Run New Gilt Food Site

The New York Observer | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Gilt Food, Decorati, Gilt MANual, Conde Nast, Discount Stores, Tyler Thoreson, Ruth Reichl, Gilt Groupe, Luxury Goods, Gourmet Magazine, Food News

We hear former Gourmet editor in chief Ruth Reichl is staffing up a food spin-off of Gilt Groupe, the luxury discount retailer Web site....

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America's Largest Cookbook Collection

Slashfood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rozanne Gold, Fales Library Food Studies Collection, Cookbook Collections, Marvin Taylor, Cookbooks, Gourmet Magazine, Food News

With more than 3,500 cookbooks from the late Gourmet Magazine library just added to its collection, New York University's Fales Library Food Studies C...

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Gourmet Is Alive Again -- and Kicking

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: App, Epicurious, Recipes, Gourmet, Food, Conde Nast, Ipad, Gourmet Live, Gourmet Magazine, Food News
Jack Hidary

Gourmet is back -- this time as an iPad app called Gourmet Live. Instead of just creating an online magazine, the app offers a new approach to online content

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PHOTOS: The Brand Graveyard - 17 Household Names That Fell Victim To The Recession

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Linens 'N Things, Levits, Saturn, Recesison Brands, Brand Graveyward, Brands That Died During the Recession, Pontiac, Washington Mutual, Fortunoff, Circuit City, Slidepollajax, Hummer, Gourmet Magazine, Business News

Here lies a leading big box electronics retailer, an iconic photography mainstay and a host of once ubiquitous consumer brands. In the interest o...

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Gourmet Magazine Fans Haven't Flocked To Other Food Magazines

New York Times | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Magazines, Magazines, Gourmet Magazine, Media News

Half a year after Gourmet's final issue, in November, the Gourmet readership and ad base seem to have largely vanished. And as the high-end magazines ...

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REVIVAL! Conde Nast Bringing Back Gourmet Brand, But Not Magazine

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gourmet, Conde Nast, Ruth Reichl, Gourmet App, Gourmet Live, Food, Gourmet Magazine, Media News

Conde Nast is reviving the Gourmet brand, but not the magazine. The company announced Tuesday a plan to introduce Gourmet Live, a digital app under t...

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The Closing of the American Dream

Danielle Crittenden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ruth Reichl, Conde Nast, Bon Appetit, Gourmet Magazine, Gourmet, Media News
Danielle Crittenden

Perhaps you aren't taking the sudden shuttering of Gourmet magazine quite as hard as I am, but let me tell you, my oven has gone dark.

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Chocolate in Every Savory Bite

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Home Cooking, Vegetarian, Black Beans, Recipes, Healthful Eating, Cooking, Vegan, Rice and Beans, Gourmet Magazine, New York News
Big Girls, Small Kitchen

When you're sick of all the rich holiday food, try this simple, healthful, and colorful dinner for relief: Dark Black Beans with Yellow Rice, Green Avocado, and Orange Sweet Potatoes.

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What Gourmet's Critics Missed

Tom Philpott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Tom Philpott, Gourmet Closing, Gourmet, Gourmet Magazine, Green News

Guest post by Tom Philpott From Grist.org. Hard times aren't always the worst times for magazines. In 1941, with the economy still depressed and the ...

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Ruth Reichl To Write Book On Conde Nast Years

New York Times | Kim Severson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conde Nast, Books, Ruth Reichl, Gourmet Magazine, Media News

"I'm just sad but when I'm done being sad I'll be working on my next book," she said. What book? Ruth Reichl: The Conde Nast years. That's not the ti...

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Conde Nast To Close Gourmet, Cookie, Modern Bride

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gourmet, Modern Brides, Gourmet Magazine, Elegant Brides, Conde Nast, Gourmet Folding, Gourmet Closing, Cookie Magazine, Magazines, Media News

NEW YORK — Conde Nast Publications is closing Gourmet, the nation's oldest food magazine, and three other money-losing titles as the high-end pu...

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Foodies Mourn Loss Of Gourmet

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gourmet, Gourmet Magazine, Conde Nast, Magazines, Media News

NEW YORK — Foodies noshing on jerk riblets and carrot cake macaroons at a Manhattan fundraiser Sunday paused to mourn Gourmet magazine, which is...

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Is the New Yorker on S.I. Newhouse's DNR List?

Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stakeholders, Shareholders, S.I. Newhouse Jr, The New Yorker, Conde Nast, Gourmet Magazine, Future of Journalism, Magazines, Media News
Gerald Sindell

Calling in those McKinsey folks to review your profit and loss numbers in the middle of the deepest recession since the 1930s is a little like having Dr. Kevorkian over to offer a second opinion.

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Home Cooking R.I.P.

Joanne Wallenstein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Home Cooking, Conde Nast, Epicurious, Cooking, Sheila Lukins, The Silver Palate, The Joy of Cooking, Food Blogging, Gourmet Magazine, Healthy Living News
Joanne Wallenstein

It's been a tough month for cooks. First I learned that Sheila Lukins, beloved creator of The Silver Palate, had died. Then I learned that Conde Nast was folding Gourmet.

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Support the Magazines

Cathy Whitlock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Domino, Southern Accents, O at Home, House and Garden, Cottage Living, Country Home, Metropolitan-Home, Shelter Magazines, Gourmet Magazine, Magazines, Media News
Cathy Whitlock

The beauty of magazines -- particularly when the theme is food, fashion or lifestyle -- is being able to read articles at my leisure while lounging on the sofa, beach, airplane or in the bathtub.

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An Elegy for Magazines

Brian Alexander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Irving Penn, Vogue Magazine, Internet, Art, Vogue, Gourmet, Gourmet Magazine, Magazines, Media News
Brian Alexander

A good magazine is a combination of stories, photos, drawings, opinions, reporting, whimsy, humor. It is an art that is not reproducible nor replaceable by any other medium.

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Farewell, Gourmet (From Your Intern)

Kate Schmier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conde Nast, Ruth Reichl, Magazines, Conde Nast McKinsey, Gourmet, Gourmet Magazine, Media News
Kate Schmier

The industry has always been deadline-driven and goal-oriented, but now, there's a heightened focus on the bottom line--which doesn't leave much room for "teaching" meetings or farewell get-togethers.

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CDs and Ardi and Vooks, Oh My!

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vooks, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Ardi, Simon & Schuster, Science, Evolution, Fundamentalists, Gourmet Magazine, George Albert, Cds, Gourmet Magazine Closes, Eight-Tracks, DigiScent iSmell, Technology, Cashbox, Technology News
Michael Sigman

It can be exhilarating to contemplate the digital and evolutionary future. But I don't know if I could bear a world of "vookcases," "vook reports," and God forbid, a New York Review of Vooks.

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Saveur Publisher: Gourmet Strayed From "Good Life" Mission In Final Issues

Forbes | Christopher Helman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Merri Lee Kingsly, Conde Nast, Saveur, Gourmet Magazine, Magazines, Media News

On the editorial side, Gourmet's current issue has a story about where to find a steakhouse that serves dinner for under $14. They ran the word "inexp...

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Gourmet Starved to Death

Adam Hanft | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conde Nast, Gourmet Magazine Closes, Magazines, Gourmet Magazine, Media News
Adam Hanft

People who read Gourmet are natural customers of neighborhood restaurants, local wine shops, local cheese mongers. But have you ever seen one of their ads in the magazine?

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CheapEatery.com: Balanced Meals in NYC for $10 or Less, Wait, What?

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Affordable Restaurants, WalletPop.Com, Daniel Lyu, Cheap Restaurants, Ryan Schick, Danny Lyu, CheapEatery.Com, Lindsay Maas, Azon Juan, Andrea Chalupa, Gourmet Magazine, Cheap Eats, Affordable Restaurants, New York News
Andrea Chalupa

Sure, you can grab a hot dog or slice of pizza in New York for cheap, but a balanced meal for $10 or less? In Manhattan?

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Class Warfare: Ruth Reichl vs. Rachel Ray

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pbs, Food Network, Bernie Shaw, Bobby Flay, Crossfire, Bill Zimmerman, Pat Buchanan, Dan Schorr, Mary Alice Waters, Marion Cunningham, Cnn, Ruth Reichl, Mario Batali, Gourmet, Jacques Pepin, Nelson Rockefeller, James Beard, Gourmet Magazine, Julia Child, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

Condé Nast, which sells its advertising based on the size and demographics of its subscribers, decided to go with mass instead of class, and closed Gourmet down.

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