The latest trendy food and lifestyle magazines, ubiquitous in urban havens of cool college towns and wealthy suburbs, are driven by a desire to exist outside the mainstream food world and all that goes with it — fads, corporate tie-ins, and celebrity chefs. Here’s a look inside their pages. Read the full story.

Pictured: A Gather cover

Gather Journal

Gather Journal

Gather Journal

Gather Journal

Gather Journal

Gather Journal

Kinfolk

Kinfolk

Kinfolk

Kinfolk

Kinfolk

Kinfolk

Kinfolk

Kinfolk

Saveur

Saveur

Saveur

Diner Journal

Diner Journal

Diner Journal

Diner Journal

Diner Journal

Diner Journal