As a “Gourmet Tastemaker” for the past few years I was shocked to see an email message stating that the magazine was kaput as of that moment. I had to check the news to make sure that Conde Nast had axed this historic (since 1941) magazine to cut costs.
One of my earliest cooking stories (surely on this blog) talks about my mother’s cooking going from Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup to souffles a la Gourmet, a lovely cheese souffle she served with a salad in the early 1970’s and my father said it was great, then asked where was dinner!
A dear family friend kept my mother in Gourmet subscriptions for years, and as we grew up we all cooked from them. My favorite cooking school teacher from 20 years ago, who worked closely with Simone “Simca” Beck of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” worked there, at least until today.
Ruth Reichl, you will be missed and will land on your feet somewhere and so will your talented staff. You might tell them not to knock on the doors of Wall Street quite yet, even if they do have a Series 7 license (stockbroker).
This is a shock to all foodies and I wish you well. To better days ahead, Dee
Cooking with Dee 