You may have seen the headline--McD's is thinking of putting one of their joints in the "food court" that serves the Louvre in Paris. I can barely believe I am juxtaposing the words "food court" and Louvre. I haven't been there in a while but hitting a little bistro around the corner would have been my choice, after a morning spent tromping through the galleries. But I need to enter the 21st c., don't I? Apparently the Champs Elysees McD's is the most successful in the entire McD universe.
Gourmet Magazine, on the other hand, must not be shining brightly enough for Conde-Nast. It is ceasing publication of the ancient ( est. 1941) food journal by the end of this week, astonishingly. The company's Bon Appetit--less grand, less precious, more accessible? will carry on, for the moment.
My mother subscribed to Gourmet for several years in the 1970's, but the real Conde Nast star in our house was always The New Yorker. I've been reading it since I could read, and love it still.
I think this post is good but i read more about fast food.
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Posted by: monika | October 24, 2009 at 03:23 AM
Fanny! Long time no see.
Posted by: Foodie | October 12, 2009 at 02:08 PM
I think Epicurious will remain--and strengthen. And Ruth Reichl will probably hang on via this site.....who knows?
Posted by: Fanny Burke | October 08, 2009 at 06:30 PM
Any word on whether the Gourmet archive will continue to live on at epicurious.com (another Condé Nast property)? I don't know how far back it goes now, honestly, I just know that's my only encounter with Gourmet, and the recipes I've tried have been pretty good...
Posted by: Ezra | October 06, 2009 at 03:04 PM
Hog roast,
I have -bad- news for you. The 'no speed limits' is a myth. Germans -and the high end car manufactures - are very stroppy about their road rights, a bit like many of you guys about curtailment of rights to have guns etc.
So there is no county-wide speed limit. BUT-the local German goverments have put up speed restriction en masse. ( Usually 100-130km ph. ) What good does it do to be able to rev up our car for a tiny spurt and then you have to crawl along with the rest? The autobahns are so overcrowded now that one lane is solid trucks and only the 2nd and/if a third is for regular cars. Roadworks every few kilometers- 60-80km limit.
Dream on, but its no fun, I assure you. Like foodie we all seem to have a disconnect between what was then and what is now.
Oy vey.
Posted by: Rose | October 06, 2009 at 01:05 PM
Always enjoyed the Autostrada joints for eating, too--but neither system features a major world museum.
Yes---"no decent baguettes, lousy croissants, demise of quality local eateries."..I did not encounter any of that during our 2006 10,000 k France Odyssey, tracking down food heritage sites, but then, we were well hosted by France tourism...
Rose--daily I am amused/brought up short by a disconnect between my personal culture and what's now "in"---and I am not yet a Medicare recipient!
Posted by: Foodie | October 06, 2009 at 09:17 AM
I have always wanted to drive on the Autobahn's in Germany due to the fact that there is no speed limits.
But since finding out from your article that they have a wonderful selection of food stops intrigues me further.
Posted by: hog roast | October 06, 2009 at 08:10 AM
Winds of change:
My first ever Mac I ate was in Moscow, 10 years ago. My hosts seemed it the only food on the go which "was safe to eat."
Autobahn rest stops in Germany used to be a dire affair. Now, a British conglomerate has bought them all and has/is redoing them.
( irony here, British roadside eateries are the most dire in the world ) The Autobahn food courts are delightful, offer a variety of food from local to concession foods like Nordsee ( seafood ), Pizza Hut, to Burger King and Italian espresso bars like Segafredo and Lavazza. There are the usual shops with books, magazines and tourist kitsch.
As to Mac at the Louvre- I was rolling my eyes too, but have you read the article in the NY Times very recently about the dire state of Parisian local resto food? Maybe you - and I - have to take off our pink glases regarding memories of yesteryear?
And no, I do not eat hamburgers as a rule, nor do I miss Gourmet magazine.
Posted by: Rose | October 06, 2009 at 12:44 AM