"According to Food52—started by Mrs. Latte herself, Amanda Hesser, along with Merrill Stubbs—the website/community was 'created to celebrate the best cooks in the world: home cooks.' It's the kind of site you submit your best stew with olives or your best fig recipe. Relatively down home." - Sarah Deseran, 7x7

"[Amanda and Merrill] dish about their latest venture, their adventures in cooking and Gwyneth Paltrow’s culinary chops." - Jenny Comita, W Magazine 

"'There are many excellent food sites online—and an increasing number of them,' Stubbs adds. 'But interestingly, there isn't really a space that studies the talent and knowledge of home chefs.'" - Matt Haber, Portfolio

"The Food52.com goal is to create a bank of well-curated recipes from good cooks who submit recipes on a theme, like beef salad or end-of-summer cocktails, and then vote for the best." - Kim Severson, The New York Times

"Fellow kneaders, beaters, grinders, and mashers: The first rule of foodie fight club is you will talk about online arena food52.com." - Daily Candy Everywhere

"Noted food journalists Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs have conceived the coolest social group experiment since the commune: Food52.com." -TastingTable.com

"food52 had a soft launch in June with Hesser and Stubbs granting passwords to almost 1,800 interested foodies who wanted to access the site over the past few months." - mediabistro.com

"Today marks the official launch of food52, Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs‘s new food site geared toward serious home cooks." - Laura Hazard Owen, Publishing Trends

"Why not try it at home? A member of Food52, the former T editor Amanda Hesser’s new cooking site, posted this delicious recipe." -Charlotte Druckman, The New York Times 

"One book contract (and a whole lot of work) later, www.Food52.com was born." - China Millman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette