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8 Blogs and Mags to Satisfy Your Hunger for Gourmet

As you’ve probably heard, after 68 years Condé Nast is closing the book on foodie mag Gourmet–Gawker even took an empty cubicle tour of the publication’s office–leaving many gourmands unsure where to turn for recipes and food news of all sorts. Have no fear, however, because we’ve been cooking up a listicle of 8 Blogs and Mags to Satisfy Your Hunger for Gourmet, which will hopefully keep your food media appetites sated.

Epicurious

A long-time partner of Gourmet, this is basically the biggest and most comprehensive website for recipes, with a growing social network component and, increasingly, interesting original features and articles that are making Epicurious more and more like an online food magazine.

The Kitchn

This is Apartment Therapy’s dedicated food blog, so you can expect a healthy helping of design-y stuff like pretty kitchens and the like thrown into the mix of recipes, cookbook reviews, DIY guides, appliance and tool profiles, and ingredient spotlights.

Bitten

New York Times food blogger Mark Bittman–along with a host of guest bloggers–not only pursue their own interests and post recipes, but also respond to readers’ questions and requests, cover local events, discuss new gadgets and review cookbooks.

Serious Eats

Ed Levine’s food blog offers straightforward recipes and book reviews, as well as guides to everything from keeping chickens in the city to smart grocery shopping, as well as covering restaurant and foodie community events and news.

Edible Communities

This massive North American network of pretty publications probably has a publication in your city (or the next town over), and puts together a beautiful magazine focused on local and organic foods, covering everything from farming and recipes to markets and restaurants.

101 Cookbooks

As the name suggests, this blog is a little like Epicurious’s beautiful, indie cousin: It’s less database-y and much more personal, plus the food photography is completely stunning. And though it’s not quite as massively comprehensive, it’s close, and on the whole much clearer because curated by actual human beings as opposed to an automated submission system. Of course, aside from a lot of recipes, there’s just the occasional book review or travelogue.

Smitten Kitchen

This blog is especially endearing because author Deb Perelman just had a baby and was very candid and cute about the whole process and how it impacted her cooking. She keeps a very personal and pretty blog, preparing and photographing each dish (beautifully), and explaining the recipe very clearly. There’s not much else beyond the recipes, but that’s just how we like it.

Simply Recipes

Elise Bauer curates this blog of recipes–some original, some from cookbooks–that she, friends and family prepare then provide feedback and guides for. Again, it’s got a personal touch like Smitten Kitchen or 101 Cookbooks that is very rewarding and enjoyable for frequent readers, plus supplements its ample recipes database with the occasional how-to, feature article or cookbook review.

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