by Mare Contreras<br /><br /><em><strong>Thank you for your interest in Gourmet.  We appreciate you contacting us, however, we are no longer accepting inquiries via this email address.  For questions related to your Gourmet subscription,  please call 1-800-365-2454.</strong></em><br /><br /><em><strong><lj-embed id="62"><object height="350" width="425" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><pa

ram name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UCmvDhRG52k" /><embed height="350" width="425" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UCmvDhRG52k"></embed> </object></lj-embed><br /></strong></em><br /><br /><em><a href="http://womensvoicesforchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Mareparis-10.jpg"><img height="296" width="200" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-9223" title="Mareparis-10" src="http://womensvoicesforchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Mareparis-10-200x296.jpg" alt="Mareparis-10" /></a>Gourmet </em>Magazine&rsquo;s first issue was in January, 1941.Now, after 68 years, the magazine <a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-gourmet7-2009oct07,0,7319431.story">is closing because of losses.</a> The loss incurred by me and my daughter not receiving our monthly installment of <em>Gourmet</em> will prove to be great. <em>Gourmet</em> repaired our torn relationship as cohesively as a piece of cellophane tape&hellip;seamlessly. While<em> Gourmet </em>was a classic in the magazine industry, it was our chosen standard.<br /><br /><a href="http://womensvoicesforchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/GourmetMagazineFebruary1974.jpg"><img height="267" width="200" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-9224" title="GourmetMagazineFebruary1974" src="http://womensvoicesforchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/GourmetMagazineFebruary1974-200x267.jpg" alt="GourmetMagazineFebruary1974" /></a>The definition of <em>gourmet</em> found in the Merriam&rsquo;Webster Dictionary is &quot;a connoisseur of food and drink.&quot; But, this magazine not only represented gourmet recipes with fine drinks to accompany them, it represented us, two women who looked forward with whetted appetites at what the newest issue would include. As soon as it arrived, either my daughter would call me or I would call her and we would exclaim, &ldquo;Have you got the new <em>Gourmet</em>?&rdquo;<br /><br />Continue reading at <a href="http://womensvoicesforchange.org/a-letter-to-gourmet.htm">Women's Voices For Change.<br /></a><br />