John Suder

On October 5, Condé Nast publications pulled the plug on Gourmet Magazine. Gourmet has been published since 1941, and was one the first U.S. Magazines to cover food, wine and “good living” on a wide scale.

While dead-tree publications like newspapers and magazine are suffering on the whole due to silly factors like “the economy” and “those internets”, it’s a damned shame to see this grand old publication fold. Photographer Kevin DeMara, who worked at Gourmet for 8 years, captured the final moments as the sad and bewildered staff packed up their lives and said goodbye to jobs they all most likely loved (I guess anyone who has a “job” these days must like it, but working at a food magazine would be a dream job for many of us).

The Gourmet brand will continue to be used by Condé Nast for book and television programming and recipes appearing on Epicurious.com.

The Last Days of Goumet
Photos: Kevin DeMara