As a foodie, I was devastated when Condé Nast dropped the guillotine on Gourmet magazine last fall.
But as a content publisher, my heart really broke when I saw this photo essay. The magazine had been publishing since 1941; it was a huge loss to the industry.
I remember getting my final issue—morbid cover pear and all—turning the pages with extra care, and placing it on my bookshelf of dead magazines. (This bookshelf also holds the final issue of Domino—quite possibly my favorite magazine ever—and the final issues of Jane, Chow, Blueprint, Blender … make it stop!) [click to continue…]
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