‘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 Conde Nast's Gourmet by reviving it as a worker-owned newsletter

Amiel Stanek still recalls the crush of learning that Conde 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?"