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Condé Nast pulls plug on Gourmet magazine

Gourmet, the nation’s oldest food magazine is being

Photo credit: Getty Images | Gourmet, the nation’s oldest food magazine is being closed by Conde Nast Publications. (Oct. 5, 2009)

When John Durkin, chef-owner of Trattoria Diane in Roslyn, was in his 20s and the idea of owning a fine restaurant was decades in the future, Gourmet magazine offered a window into another world.

"I thought it was such an elegant magazine," he said, "with all those places in France and Italy -- and the recipes always worked."

Durkin still gets Gourmet, but November's issue will be his...

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