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Allison C.
October 28, 2011
Love this idea! And as others here have noted... you just bolstered my argument for an iPad. (Though I hope you will in fact do Android, too, so the app can be used by the greatest number of people.)
Sasha (.
October 14, 2011
I'm looking forward to a user-built app. Sounds very groundbreaking to me... Congrats on all the great changes.
Susan R.
September 14, 2011
I LOVE this website and am looking forward to using my iPad more and more.
cookinginvictoria
September 2, 2011
Great news and what a wonderful project! Count me in as one of the home cooks who didn't think she needed an ipad until now, LOL. Just wanted to ask about the new contest deadlines. I thought that the ipad contests would run for a little longer? Or will they conclude in six days like the cookbook contests?
The H.
August 30, 2011
I own an award winning restaurant in London, UK called the Hackney Pearl. I'm thrilled to have stumbled across this website with thoughtful writing and quality seasonal recipes. Most community recipe websites are terrible. This one is fantastic. Thank you.
Food52
August 29, 2011
Thanks, JMarie, for your lovely comment! Everyone who participates in and runs this site works incredibly hard, and we try to do all we can to publicly recognize the efforts and great talents of both food52 members and staff.
JMarie
August 29, 2011
It's a pleasure. Being a foodie doesn't mean I know what to make for dinner. I have shelves of cookbooks, but Food52's energy and delight make for inspiration. And every time I have brought a Food52 dish to a gathering there are always great reviews and requests for the recipe. So thank you all!
boulangere
August 29, 2011
Who profits? We all do, all in different ways. I think it's fantastic that the site has evolved to the point that it sustains those of you who clearly work very hard to not only maintain it, but grow it as well. I hope you're lots of virtual rounds of applause right now. Because of your work and the vision behind it, we all profit à table from the work participants devote generously, so generously to contributing their own best, well, work. Thank you so much.
JMarie
August 29, 2011
Food52 is community organizing at its best. I salute these talented writers and cooks who have used technology to celebrate the diversity of fresh and local food. I hope there are financial and goodwill gains for them - and yes that means profit. And we have profited from their work; their willingness to organize and communicate benefits us all. I'm ready to download!
jlsm
August 29, 2011
Where are the profits going? Great about crowd sourcing and great about the use of various technologies. And, yes, I understand you all put an enormous amount of work into this. But I can't help but think you all are profiting from others' work.
creamtea
September 1, 2011
We are all willing participants; no one is forced to contribute! And recipes remain the "property" of those posting. A win for everyone, in my opinion. It's nice to be recognized and appreciated as a home cook. celebrity chefs are so very overrated.
Panfusine
September 2, 2011
Second Cream tea... The intellectual rights of all the recipes is retained with the contributor... the reward is the incomparable exposure to dishes from the world over that is impossible to get from any individual book.
cheese1227
September 2, 2011
Just one point of clarification, I believe that if your recipe wins and is included in one of the projects, the copyright is owned by Food52. That said, the value of the prizes is HUGE compensation for one recipe!
Food52
September 2, 2011
If your recipe wins, you still retain the right to reprint it yourself anywhere you please -- it's a shared copyright.
cheese1227
September 2, 2011
I understand the personal use thing (which covers posting it on a blog, right?), but I as the developer can't sell it to another publication, correct?
Food52
September 2, 2011
As the owner of the recipe, you have the right to sell your own original content (not including our photos or headnotes) to another publication, or to publish it on your own. (We hold a non-exclusive copyright.)
cheese1227
September 2, 2011
I stand corrected. Thanks for the clarification. So then the kitchen bling is just an added bonus to the spot in the plubished Food52 project! Excellent!
bigpan
August 28, 2011
Have a contest to name the app ! (and maybe even a contest for the app icon design)
ironstring
August 28, 2011
I hope you'll make the app Android-accessible? The iPad is neat, no doubt about it, but some of us just can't handle the price tag and have less expensive, Android devices.
Sarah D.
August 28, 2011
What a great idea but please develop an app for android devices while you are at it!
cookease
August 28, 2011
How;s about doing the new app (GREAT IDEA) so that those of us left in the Windows world could be apart of it?? You DO have the most interesting/useful site!
boulangere
August 26, 2011
I may just have to break down and get that iPad I've been lusting after, in my heart.
gzalis
August 26, 2011
I'm reading this on my iPad.....through FLIP (an app for iPad). Great you'll have your own app soon!
boulangere
August 26, 2011
The more I think about this, the more interesting it seems. Amanda and Merrill, you and your team consistently come up with wonderful additions and enhancements to the site, but this is one of the best yet. I seem to think I've seen more than a few questions on foodpickle about when food52 will have an app. So bravo for forging ahead a brand new direction. And thank you as well for finding a whole new way for all of us to participate in sharing great food with an even greater family.
gzalis
August 26, 2011
Reading this on my iPad ......through FLIP (an app for iPad) .......Great you'll have your own soon!
drbabs
August 26, 2011
Dear Amanda, Merrill, and all the Food52 elves, I am in awe of you. You've created a wonderful community, and that you're willing and able to stay in the forefront of technology and keep the content and experience current is quite amazing to me. I'm impressed with your creativity and the culture you've built from the very beginning of Food52. So here's to the next phase! Looking forward to what you have up your sleeves in the fall, and to celebrating the publication of the first book. Much love and gratitude.
healthierkitchen
August 26, 2011
Always amazed at your great ideas! I'm looking forward to seeing how food52 evolves- it's always so organic and fitting.
fiveandspice
August 26, 2011
Love it! To infinity and beyond! (I can't even remember where that line comes from. I'll probably be embarrassed once I do.)
aargersi
August 26, 2011
I need the app now! Hurry!
helicopterina
September 13, 2011
Very cool idea. I now do about 50% of my cooking from food52 on an iPad, in both my home and when on vacation or visiting ... Am tapping this out as I lie in bed having a little read befor e snoozing...
dymnyno
August 26, 2011
I was wondering when there would be a food52 app. Can you explain it further? (and, I love my iPad...take it everywhere!) Is the app for iphone too?
garlic&lemon
August 26, 2011
I want to suggest "Your best latkes" for the holiday app. The regional variations - latke jalapeno poppers, anyone?- would surely be amazing! Alternatively, "Your best Hannuka foods" would cast a wider net. Is this holiday app going to include Thanksgiving? At our house, people come out of the woodwork (and my nephew comes home from Abu Dabi) to participate in a semi-potluck multicultural blowout for Thanksgiving that lasts all day! Maybe we can also share how we do the holidays as well as the recipes; the context makes the food even more delicious!
Panfusine
August 26, 2011
they had a potato pancake theme last year: http://www.food52.com/contests/192
Panfusine
August 26, 2011
really looking forward to seeing the Ipad app! although the feeling of emptiness w.r.t the cook book themes still lingers!
gingerroot
August 26, 2011
Cheers everyone! Here's to another fabulous 52. Maybe I do need that iPad for my birthday, after all (lol, only food52 would change my mind about something my husband has wanted to get me and I've consistently resisted...until right now.)
checker
August 26, 2011
I’ve been wondering what Food52 was cooking up for an iPad app. This sounds like a great idea! My fiancé came up with an interesting idea, which might be a major challenge to pull off but I know I would love to experience. He suggested Food52 pop-up restaurants all over the country, featuring the recipes from local Food52 members. A different spin on the locavore movement, I suppose, and a way to showcase the stellar recipes being created in the home kitchens of a specific community. Ideally those Food52 cooks would consult with the restaurant, and maybe even spend some time in the kitchen. There is a wonderful seasonal and regional influence to the recipes shared on Food52, and I think it would be great fun to travel the country and see how real people are using the food of their time and place to feed their friends and families. But enough of my sales pitch – congratulations on another successful book! Looking forward to what is next!
cheese1227
August 26, 2011
Just another nail in the coffin of my husband's argument that I don't need an iPad. Now I'll need one by Christmas!
Panfusine
August 26, 2011
YAAY, thanks for the idea... Now to drill that sentiment into my other half as well!
EmilyC
August 26, 2011
I love that you continue to improve upon what's already a great site. The iPad app is a genius idea, and I can't wait to see what other changes you have in store for us!
MrsWheelbarrow
August 26, 2011
It's just thrilling to be a part of this community. Thank you so much, Amanda, Merrill and all the food52'ers.
Helen's A.
August 26, 2011
It's great that you will be going on to another venture. I'm sure everyone else is excited as I am to see what the new project brings!
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