Well, I finished my last issue of Gourmet and just two days ago received my first two issues of Bon Appetit (which Conde Nast is offering to all Gourmet subscription holders).
Here is my snap judgment: it's just not the same.
Bon Appetit lacks the sense of travel and adventure of Gourmet. It has too many recipes, not enough food writing. It is in a sense like the difference between Road Bike Action (a magazine filled with stats and bike reviews) and Bicycling, which spends more time talking about adventures to have on your bicycle. I think if I wanted Food TV magazine, I would have ordered it.
I will give it a few more months, perhaps with the demise of Gourmet they will tweak the format a bit, but at the moment I am disappointed.
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