This week's news in food: food52's Kickstarter project of the week, behind-the-scenes on school lunch, and America's gift to salad!

See a lovely video of A&M talking about food52 for recommendation engine InTheMO (and check out their favorite places in NYC too).

It's simple: Enter Your Best Late Winter Tart. Win this handsome Marble Rolling Pin and this Pillivuyt Porcelain Cake Stand from Williams-Sonoma.

Congrats to Amanda! The Essential New York Times Cookbook is nominated for an IACP Cookbook Award and just got named the third best cookbook in the world by The Gourmand Awards. 

BonAppetit.com shares two handy methods for wrangling tart crust: press-in crusts and blind baking.

This week's news in food: urban maple tapping, DIY mustard and hot sauce, and a whoopie pie scandal!

Thanks to the magnificent Sarah Shatz (and all of you), food52 landed high in Babble.com's Top 100 Food Mom Blogs for both recipes and photography!

It's simple: Enter Your Best Carrot Recipe. Win this handsome de Buyer Deluxe Dicing Mandoline from Williams-Sonoma.

For her final Recipe Redux column for the New York Times, Amanda presents a nearly flourless chocolate cake from 1969 all by itself.

BonAppetit.com shares history, how-to's, and health facts about carrots of all colors.