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Cathy Whitlock | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

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

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York

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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CDs and Ardi and Vooks, Oh My!

Michael Sigman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology

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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Foodies Mourn Loss Of Gourmet

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

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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What Gourmet's Critics Missed

Tom Philpott | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

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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Class Warfare: Ruth Reichl vs. Rachel Ray

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media

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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An Elegy for Magazines

Brian Alexander | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

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

Gerald Sindell | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media

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

Forbes | Christopher Helman | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media

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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Ruth Reichl To Write Book On Conde Nast Years

New York Times | Kim Severson | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media

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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Farewell, Gourmet (From Your Intern)

Kate Schmier | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media

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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The Closing of the American Dream

Danielle Crittenden | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

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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Home Cooking R.I.P.

Joanne Wallenstein | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Home Cooking, Conde Nast, Epicurious, Cooking, Sheila Lukins, The Silver Palate, The Joy of Cooking, Food Blogging, Gourmet Magazine, 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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Gourmet Starved to Death

Adam Hanft | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media

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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Conde Nast To Close Gourmet, Cookie, Modern Bride, Elegant Bride

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media

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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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The Gastronomy of Marriage Author on the Tempestuous Relationship between Love and Food

Louise McCready | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Calvin Trillin, Julia Reed, Julia Child, Aj-Liebling, Food, Deborah Madison, Mfk-Fisher, Michelle Maisto, Love, F, Gourmet Magazine, Media News
Louise McCready

When Rich and I moved in together, I wanted everything to go smoothly, so it freaked me out when food -- what had been our biggest bond -- became our biggest problem.

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Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth: Magazine Preps TV Show

MediaWeek | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Gourmet, Conde Nast, Gourmet's Adventures Iwth Ruth, Ruth Reichl, Magazines, Gourmet Magazine, Media News

There's certainly no shortage of TV shows blending food and travel, but Gourmet magazine is betting there's room for one more. On Oct. 17, the Condè ...

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Could Great Magazines Publish Less Original Material?

Julia Cheiffetz | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Distraction, Mark Twain, Madoff, Wired, Gourmet Magazine, Wired Magazine, Magazines, Harpers Magazine, Vogue Magazine, Media News
Julia Cheiffetz

During this moment of transition when budgets for long form journalism seem scarcer by the day, maybe looking to the classics or the public domain is one tiny way to keep our collective attention span in tact.

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Waters-gate? Alice Waters' Controversial Role in the Obama Vegetable Garden

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 04.20.2009 | Style

Read More: Media Criticism, New York Times, Alice Waters, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Gourmet Magazine, Victory Garden, Style News
Alison Stein Wellner

Alice Waters is a polarizing figure; in foodie circles, people seem to either revere her or think she's a ruthless hack. And she's definitely been embroiled in the eating politics of the Obamas.

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The Food Police Target the First Family

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 04.16.2009 | Style

Read More: Malia Obama, Michelle Obama, President Obama, Food, New York Times, Obama, First Family, Sasha Obama, Gourmet Magazine, Style News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Aside from whether anyone cares to know what the President eats on a daily basis, I'm worried about what this obsession with every last bite will do to Malia and Sasha.

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Gourmet's Ruth Reichl on Twitter and the Recession's Silver Lining

Abi Wright | Posted 04.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Gourmet-Magazine, Columbia University, Cooking, Ruth Reichl, Food, David Foster Wallace, Journalism, Recession, Magazines, Twitter, Delacorte Lecture, Gourmet Magazine, Columbia Journalism School, Media News
Abi Wright

As reported in the New York Times Monday, circulation at cooking magazines is going up as the stock market goes down. Ruth Reichl advised journalism students to specialize.

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"Comfort Food" is Not Just About the Food

Ina Pinkney | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Comfort Food, Post 9/11, The Hearty Boys, Rick Tramonto, Sara Moulton, INA's, Steve McDonaugh, Food Network, Dan Smith, Food, Gourmet Magazine, Chicago News
Ina Pinkney

What makes "comfort food" is the fact that it's nourishing food served in a nurturing environment.

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