The baby carrot's embarked on a $25 million campaign to become cool again. — Salon Gourmet's not-so-lustrous Quick Kitchen isn't too speedy, either. — Eater Grant Achatz's new memoir, Life, on the Line, will drop in March. — Grub Street CHI The provisions that Icelanders call street food. — Serious Eats 19 dishes that commemorate the Jewish High Holidays. — Chow Cook more economically Read more

This morning, Condé Nast announced a new series of special issues of the now-defunct Gourmet magazine. Quite simply, the three "limited edition" mags will be a compilation of recipes pulled from the Gourmet archives. The first to be released is Gourmet Quick Kitchen; it features 81 fast and easy recipes with new photos, tips, menu suggestions, and wine pairings. The 128-page tome will have no Read more

So the rumors were true: Gourmet is back — although not in the traditional way some might expect. Rather, Gourmet will be rising from the ashes as a website and application for the iPad and handheld devices. This morning, Women's Wear Daily tweeted live as Condé Nast executives made the announcement. The new experience, Gourmet Live, will include articles, photos, and video in addition to what Read more

Yesterday, Condé Nast announced plans to introduce its first new food magazine since the collapse of Gourmet. Dash will be a newspaper insert magazine, the result of a collaboration between Parade and Bon Appétit, which are both owned by Condé Nast's parent Advance Publications. It will launch online at dashrecipes.com in September, drop a preview print issue in November, and begin its regular Read more

The empty cubicles at the now-defunct Gourmet sure did mark the end of an era. Yet there's at least one silver lining to the magazine's sad ending. Gourmet's exhaustive cookbook collection has found a safe haven at New York University's Fales Library. According to Fales Library director Marvin J. Taylor, cookbook author Rozanne Gold gave NYU $14,000 to purchase the publication's exhaustive Read more

When Gourmet collapsed earlier this year, the food cognoscenti, mourning the end of a culinary institution, immediately began waxing nostalgic, revisiting the first-ever edition of Gourmet, and taking a look back in time at the magazine's covers. Well, for those who are still feeling twinges of regret, or are in need of gift ideas: Condé Nast has responded by offering limited issues of Gourmet Read more

Looking back at 68 years of covers. — Eater Go inside the first magazine ever, 1941's holiday issue.— Serious Eats Alice Waters remembers the first time she read it. — Grub Street SF What's next for Ruth Reichl? She'll write a book about her 10 years at Conde Nast. — Diner's Journal The empty cubicles mark the end of an era. — Gawker All of the recipes will continue to live on Read more

Yesterday morning began with breaking news that, after 68 years of publication, Gourmet was going out of print, and now we have more details on the magazine's collapse. Although the glossy will cease to exist, the Gourmet brand will live on through book publishing and TV programs. Staffers at the magazine were first unaware, then teary-eyed and harried, as they were allegedly given 48 hours to Read more

This morning, Condé Nast announced its oldest food title, Gourmet magazine, is folding. There were telltale signs of trouble: the glossy, which will print its last issue in November, just underwent budget cuts. As early as the onset of 2009, rumors were already flying that Gourmet would not see the end of the year. The speculation didn't prepare me for the shellshock of Gourmet's demise. After Read more