I’ll start off simple. Simple is not a dirty word around here. Actually simple can be quite powerful. A sublime example of this can be seen on the cover of this months Gourmet Magazine. I pulled Gourmet out of my ridiculously small mailbox the other day, took one look at it in my hand and immediately felt faint. All of the bills and junk mail fell out of my other hand as I braced myself against the wall. What a gorgeous photograph. Minimal modern yet luxurious and rich at the same time. Clean, detailed and drippy-wet glossy. I love it. Of course the photography and art direction in Gourmet is always good, but this cover is a home run.

Photograpged by Romulo Yanes, the chocolate-glazed hazelnut mousse cake was styled by Maggie Ruggiero and Julia Garcia-Tobar. My compliments on a beautiful job. And hats off also to the editors at Gourmet for understanding how integral design and presentation are to ‘Good Living’.