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    The Last Days of Gourmet

    Ruth Reichl Does Not Read The Internet

    The Trolling Cook

    Event Honoring Gourmet Needs Gourmet People to Honor

    Hell's Kitchen Picked the Wrong Magazine

    Everyone Wants to Be Biggest Dying Paper

    Was Gourmet's Death the Magazine Bottom?

    Gourmet's Dead. Don't Blame The Internet.

    Gourmet's Empty Cubicles Mark the End of an Era

    The Wrath of McKinsey: Conde Nast To Fold Gourmet, Three Others
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Last Days of Gourmet
    Where were the cocktails afterward?

    Indeed touching. A latter-day version of Goldsmith's "The Deserted Village." #gourmet
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    Image of jmckee jmckee
    11/04/09

    In reply to The Last Days of Gourmet
    I know this is par for the course over at Conde Nast but I am shocked at how decadent the offices were for a magazine that was floundering so bad. It kind of makes me wonder if they couldn't have survived if their overhead had been more reasonable. #gourmet
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    Image of Kakapo Kakapo
    11/04/09

    @jmckee: I don't see what decadence you're referring to. The shots of the test kitchen? Kinda necessary for a food magazine. #gourmet
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    10/19/09

    In reply to Ruth Reichl Does Not Read The Internet
    She looks damned good for someone who grew up in the 50s. And can you imagine living in Greenwich Village then?

    I guess the crazy Mom took a lot of the fun out of it. #ruthreichl
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    10/19/09

    In reply to Ruth Reichl Does Not Read The Internet
    Si Poorhouse should be on his knees worshipping this goddess of foodstuffs. Instead he shitcans her over the phone? Pffft. #ruthreichl
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    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    10/19/09

    @BookishLookish: She said on NPR that he came down and told her and that he seemed really sad about it. She actually had good things to say about him and how he let her run Gourmet . Her only real criticism was not having the opportunity to do one last issue. #ruthreichl
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    10/19/09

    In reply to Ruth Reichl Does Not Read The Internet
    Ruth didn't show up at the Gourmet memorial because she was busy making pasta from scratch "with a quick sausage sauce" for friends who came over for dinner and "promised to bring steak" but "forgot."

    Behold a woman who truly has her priorities straight.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    10/19/09

    In reply to Ruth Reichl Does Not Read The Internet
    The picture in the Times is better, and in that interview she seemed to handle a difficult situation with a great deal of dignity. #ruthreichl
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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    10/19/09

    @Smitros: They do get here to almost admit that she was fired by phone. Classy, Conde-Nast. #ruthreichl
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    10/19/09

    @Mo MoDo: Come on, be fair. Anna had to be there to tell him what to say. #ruthreichl
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    10/19/09

    @Mo MoDo:

    It was a long time ago, but a long-time reviewer at New York said she'd been fired by fax. #ruthreichl
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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    10/19/09

    In reply to Ruth Reichl Does Not Read The Internet
    It's tough to be a stalker if the stalkee doesn't even notice you. Trust me, I know how that feels. #ruthreichl
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    10/19/09

    @Mo MoDo: I read Demian too, see, so I thought I'd try some of that mind control jazz. There are popular spots in our town, which means folks have to serve by standing and waiting, and whenever I did, I always made it a point to direct lazered guilt at them as was happily seated amid their gluttony.

    The timelapse between the times when I lazered guilt and forgot did not exist. Then I noticed when I sat down finally, I never gave the least thought to the hungry strangers up along the wall.

    Generally, everyone overestimates their own effect on the world, with the possible exception of the Grand Ole Oprah. #ruthreichl
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/16/09

    In reply to Event Honoring Gourmet Needs Gourmet People to Honor
    "their Latin special stirred up some angry comments and letters regarding immigrants in America."

    wtf? srsly? if that was their audience, then let them have their butlers figure out what's for dinner on their own #gourmet
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    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    10/16/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: I am serious, she said they also got flack for covering some farm workers in florida i believe that were virtual prisoners but luckily that story and exposure changed it up a bit. She also spoke about her mother and that was really something. It's a really good interview. #gourmet
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/16/09

    @adiam7: some day these people will have to pick their own lettuce and mow their own lawns and then what #gourmet
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    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    10/16/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: Then to quote Racheal Zoe , they will D I E . Seriously , she said that for doing a Latin issue , featuring the wide range of Latin cuisine and so forth , some readers told them to "Keep their politics out of the magazine" It is crazy because Gourmet had also landed a lot of cross promotional stuff and seemed to be on the come-up. Oh well, hopefully it will reemerge elsewhere. #gourmet
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/17/09

    @adiam7: seriously deranged class and race issues there. i weep for my country. #gourmet
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    10/16/09

    In reply to Event Honoring Gourmet Needs Gourmet People to Honor
    As a former Gourmet reader, I will take them up on their invitation. #gourmet
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    10/16/09

    In reply to The Trolling Cook
    Love it that everyone is so opinionated about this! And now I'm incredibly hungry and unwilling to settle for mediocre food. #gourmet
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/16/09

    In reply to Event Honoring Gourmet Needs Gourmet People to Honor
    A meeting with Si was just sad? It's usually creepy, too. #gourmet
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    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    10/16/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Well creepy too #gourmet
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/16/09

    In reply to The Trolling Cook
    Hey, hands off Chris Kimball. First of all, he dares to wear bowties. You gotta love a guy who wears bowties (Tucker Carlson always excepted). Second, he has the most anal magazine, website, and TV show in all of cookingdom, and yet they are all entertaining and useful. Third, as another commenter mentioned, he has made a paid website work. And finally, a friend who worked for him says he is a really nice guy and wonderful mentor. #gourmet
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    10/16/09

    In reply to The Trolling Cook
    I like the IDEA of CI, but in practice I've found their advice to often be questionable. I bought several pans they recommended, and they suck. I sold them at a yard sale. I've tried some of their meat-cooking methods, and thought the results mediocre. Some things work well, but he's in no position to be so damned smug about cooking. No shit, Mr. Kimball. Recipes created by and for middle-America home cooks aren't necessarily going to appeal to your rarified tastes. #gourmet
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    10/16/09

    @Lizawithazee: I agree re: their pan recommendations. #gourmet
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    Image of NoWireHangers NoWireHangers
    10/16/09

    In reply to The Trolling Cook
    I subscribe to the CI e-newsletter, which I love, but Kimball has always rubbed me as a pompous food snob. I mean he is, but can you blame him? His medium is dying, someone's gotta fight for the cookbooks. #gourmet
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    Image of notsofresh notsofresh
    10/16/09

    @NoWireHangers: I do get tired of hearing about how lovely it is on the farm in Mass. or wherever. Save it for the Christmas letter, Kimball. #gourmet
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    Image of kimsama kimsama
    10/16/09

    In reply to The Trolling Cook
    I'll come right out and reveal myself as an America's Test Kitchen hater. I've always found their recipes to be mediocre, at best.

    What seems to be the case with me is, if I already know how to prepare a certain dish (say, blueberry pie) in a way that I've always enjoyed, I'm invariable disappointed by their "improved" recipe. And ATK so rarely covers unusual recipes that there's rarely a food on there I've haven't made already.

    I prefer to get recipes from food bloggers, who seem to be less interested in "food science" and more interested in deliciousness.

    For those of you needing good food blogs (besides the cool ones Ryan linked -- great "least popular recipe ever"), I like Smitten Kitchen, Gluten-Free Gal, 101 Cookbooks, and Simply Recipes. Oh god, I'm such a food nerd. #gourmet
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    10/16/09

    @kimsama: I'll probably get in trouble for saying this, but the people behind some of these blogs can be pretty full of themselves, too. (Just like Kimball, imagine that.) #gourmet
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    Image of kimsama kimsama
    10/16/09

    @Claire Buoyant: No, you're right ^_~. I guess I can just handle their brands of smugness more? I guess I'm a horrible human being, but the weather sucks and I feel like being grumpy about ATK. #gourmet
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