Cultivate sat down with Amanda and Merrill to discuss Food52 and all things kitchen-related.

Watch Amanda speak about her introduction to the food world, the evolution of the industry, and answer some questions from listeners at home in The Levo League Office Hours.

Crowdsourced local food guide Real Time Farms announced Sunday a new partnership with Food52. 

"My parents spent a few years in Paris in their twenties, and even though they've been back in the States for decades, my mom still waxes nostalgic about the French salads...So, I was thrilled when Amanda Hesser from Food52 agreed to reveal her ideal vinaigrette recipe..." - Joanna Goddard, A Cup of Jo

"Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs are the co-founders of Food52.com, an online social food hub with a focus on cooking and community...Read about their growing start-up below." - Food Informants, Huffington Post

"Food52, a blog that shares tons of cooking tips, also runs a well-curated Instagram account full of simple food snapshots from the staff." - Chelsea Stark, Mashable

"What struck me as I heard Amanda’s story is that her entrepreneurial start was not actually with Food52, the collaborative cooking community that she started with Merrill Stubbs in 2009, but rather with her culinary education." - Christina Vuleta, The Daily Muse

As part of their bi-weekly blog series, Raw Materials, General Assembly takes a look at what you can almost always find on our kitchen counter, from laptops, to our latest Instagram shots, to what we sprinkle on everything that stands still: coarse sea salt. 

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"Hesser was the student assigned as Julia’s tour guide at La Varenne in the early 1990s." - JC 100

"If you were to put Game Changer Amanda Hesser’s life on a timeline, you would notice that food, specifically good food, is a constant presence." - Kathryn Finney, BlogHer.com