Despite the fact that Gourmet magazine had, more or less, run its culinary course by the time Condé Nast yanked it from the world of print food porn back in November of last year, I’ll admit that I ...

Shock is sweeping the food world this morning along with the news that the November issue of Gourmet Magazine will be its last. It has been rumored for some time that Condé Nast was suffering a ...

Jane Montant, 85, who helped transform Gourmet magazine from a food publication into a lifestyle magazine for the affluent, died Jan. 1 at her home in New York City. She had been battling Parkinson’s ...

Those who still lament last year's passing of "Gourmet" magazine, with its focus on fine dining and good taste, should note that the publication is not gone entirely, but lives on in the digital world ...

Julia Child cooked for her. So did many of the West's outstanding chefs. For more than 30 years, Caroline Bates, armed with an unerring palate and a way with words, wrote food reviews for the late, ...

Ruth Reichl was the restaurant critic at The New York Times when she received a phone call that would change her career. The caller was James Truman, editorial director of Conde Nast. He was in charge ...

Ruth Reichl’s first experience with Gourmet magazine was in a dusty bookstore when she was 8 years old. She found an old issue that captivated her and inspired her to try cooking at home. Those early ...

When the magazine of good living produced the first Gourmet cookbook in 1950, the world was a very different place. Europe was war-ravaged, while America was rich, innocent and giddy -- the perfect ...

Conde Nast Publications is closing Gourmet, the nation's oldest food magazine, and three other titles as the high-end publisher tries to weather a devastating advertising slump. In addition to Gourmet ...

When Gourmet magazine ceased publication in 2009, the New York Times reported that “after a short rest,” the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Ruth Reichl, “plans to write a book about her years at Condé ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Of course, the memoir centers on more than the magazine’s demise. Reichl’s story is one of learning how to ...