Sometimes you gotta give the people what they want.
I’ve received criticism in the office for leaning toward dark covers. For the record, they’re wrong. In 2010 we had three, maybe four covers that could be considered dark (one could even argue that they were just colorful); the rest weren’t. So, everyone was excited that this photo, taken by Greg Rannells, landed on our cover because I initially insisted on something bold, graphic – and dark. Personal preference aside, I did see how the photo with all that white space would look bright on a newsstand and how those colorful, sugary-sweet macarons would pop off the page.
See where you can get the macarons pictured and who’s making and selling them in our cover story Sweet Sensation.
This article appears in February 2011.
