Magazine Research 4- The Gourmand

The Gourmand is a biannual food and culture journal, independently published by Lane & Associates Ltd. It retails at £12 an issue. The front covers of The Gourmand appeal to the reformer, as they are simplistic and break the conventions of typical mainstream magazines. Many magazine front covers have a black or white background with colour images, however this issue has a green background with black and white imagery layered over each other, almost like a collage. This gives the magazine