Gourmet, RIP

Although signs of print's demise abound, I was still taken aback by the apparent death of Gourmet. Perhaps the idea was to go out with the mag intact, which it was, despite plummeting ad revenue, but it's unfortunate - Gourmet was well done, and it also straddled the class divide in an interesting way, rarely putting anything absolutely out of bounds, and more typically celebrating the obtainable. Several issues in the past few years were standouts. I still have them. Not very many mags warranted keeping. This was one. It used to be family owned, like Sunset. Not many mags survive that transition. Well, there's still Gastronomica!