tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024405348537494165.post4741690141071906336..comments2010-01-10T20:40:31.769-05:00Comments on The Urban Luddite: An elegy for Gourmet Magazine.The Urban Ludditehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635666168126782755noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024405348537494165.post-19866987103794085982009-10-20T06:04:37.654-04:002009-10-20T06:04:37.654-04:00Every time I wander into a Barnes & Noble/Bord...Every time I wander into a Barnes & Noble/Borders, the "bargain books" section seems to have grown larger. I imagine it's just a matter of time before this stuff devours the entire store.The Urban Ludditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09635666168126782755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024405348537494165.post-34801857316277790212009-10-19T09:42:13.164-04:002009-10-19T09:42:13.164-04:00Well a cooking magazine won't go far in a worl...Well a cooking magazine won't go far in a world where books aren't even about reading. Have you been in (that big box store) Barnes and Noble and wondered at the proliferation of books that are really yoga bands, paint sets, origami paper, and WW2 airplanes in miniature? I guess book marketers feel that books need a little umphh to get them off the shelf . . . so poor Gourmet, if it was about reading and cooking complex recipes and not even a set of teaspoons shrink-wrapped to the cover.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093398747030607026noreply@blogger.com