‘That magazine looms so large’: food writers on Gourmet’s comeback after 16 years
A group of journalists look to fill the void left by Condé Nast’s Gourmet by reviving it as a worker-owned newsletter
Amiel Stanek still recalls the crush of learning that Condé Nast decided to shutter Gourmet magazine back in 2009. He shared a subscription with his college roommates and writing for the publication had been one of his dreams.
“I was beside myself. It was like hearing your hometown baseball team had been traded away,” Stanek said. He thought to himself: “Where will I write now?”
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