"By sourcing favorite recipes from readers, Hesser came up with a cross section of the most popular and well-loved dishes to have graced the pages of the dining section." -Caroline Russock, SeriousEats.com

Amanda explores chocolate mousse with Aki and and Alex from "Ideas in Food". 

"If you are lucky, your question might even be answered by food writer Amanda Hesser. Food52 is her site which she is using to crowdsource her next cookbook with Merrill Stubbs. It attracts a very active community of cooks." - Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch 

"Send your question to foodpickle and you'll get an almost immediate response from a user, usually a home chef who is passionate about cooking." - Lauren Glassberg, abc.com

Amanda and Martha make David Eyre's Pancake. 

"Hesser put out a call to readers asking for their most-loved Times recipes. 6,000 readers replied, with picks that Hesser and Merrill Stubbs winnowed down to 400 greatest hits." -Stephanie Rosenbaum, KQED.com

Amanda Hesser, prolific food writer for The New York Times, sits down with Evan Smith to discuss food52.

"Hesser didn't just update the 1961 edition of The Essential New York Times Cookbook; she excavated more than a century's worth of recipes from the newspaper's archives." -Katherine Wheelock, Food & Wine

"When one thinks about American cooking bibles, two come to mind: The Fannie Farmer Cookbook and The Joy of Cooking. Sure to join this list is "The Essential New York Times Cookbook". -Joanne Camas 

"Amanda Hesser discusses "The Essential New York Times Cookbook",a compendium of recipes from chefs, home cooks, and food writers that showcases the history of American cooking." -Diane Rehm, NPR