~ What is the equivalent of Vogue in the culinary arts world ~

[designparadise]

~ What is the equivalent of Vogue in the culinary arts world ~

[bitsubeats]

I'd say the now dead gourmet magazine, especially since it had about the same number of ads as vogue.

[Miss Needle]

Probably Art Culinaire.

[maria lorraine]

Gastronomica would be one, Food Arts another.

[ChefJune]

depends upon in what regard OP meant the comparison but Gastronomica is a scholarly journal and Food Arts is a trade publication. I wouldn't consider either of them comparable to Vogue.

[maria lorraine]

I took the question to mean, perhaps wrongly, to ask:
Which magazine has flashy food photo sequences similar to flashy fashion photos?

[condiment]

Food Arts isn't comparable to Vogue - more like a monthly version of WWD - but it does more or less keep you abreast of the fashions. (Food & Wine may be vaguely akin to Elle.) Bon App has devolved into Maxim.

Gourmet was indeed the last authoritative food magazine.

[designparadise]

That is sad ='( Guess many people wouldn't be able to appreciate food as they should :/

[cbjones1943]

I know Gastronomica very well and agree with ChefJune except to say that evaluations of G as a food magazine or not will vary by city. I am from NJ/NY and many of us would place G in an aesthetics or literary magazine category. Some of my friends collect G as if they were collecting Art in America or Architectural Digest not for the same reasons that Gourmet was "collected"). I think CJ's moniker...scholarly journal...is a very good way to describe G except that G is a very specialized scholarly journal. BTW, I am an academic, and serious scholarly journals, even in the mainstream humanities, aren't fancy. Exceptions occur for some journals in concentrations like Women's Studies, AfA Studies, Critical Studies, etc

[thimes]

It depends how you mean that question. .. . .

In the historical sense - Gourmet would be similar - Gourmet's long history and its game changing perspective on food (back in the day, before food was "cool") mirror the history of Vogue.

From a current perspective - I don't think there is an equivalent. While I love the three already mentioned (Art Culinaire, Gastronomica, Food Arts) none of them really have the reach of Vogue. Maybe it is because food has many different aspects - technique, history, culture, plating, ingredients, etc. I don't think there is a magazine that really embodies all of those in one place.

[designparadise]

"because food has many different aspects" as does all other topic and it isn't like Vogue necessarily covers all those you mentioned

[designparadise]

It seems like Gourmet branched off into Epicuriou and Bon Appétit. Bon Appétit is owned by the same company, Condé Nast, and seems to be a sufficient comparable, at least for me, which has the visual appeal and reach supported by being owned by a large corp. I'm unsure if Bon Appétit's current content is of the same quality as Gourmet in the past however.

ref.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gourmet_...