A growing desire among consumers to eat at home, combined with the strong influence of The Food Network and other culinary programming, is keeping both the public and media's interest in gourmet foods strong despite the national economic troubles.

 “I don't think anything is recession-proof, but I do think that gourmet has a better position than some in the marketplace,” explains Michelle Moran, editor-in-chief of The Gourmet Retailer. “The impact you are seeing is at high-end restaurants, but ...