Amanda has a punchy kale salad for you, plus two secrets for making all the other kale salads you know even better.

Some of us are die-hard Niners fans. Some of us really like Beyonce and witty commercials. Some of us are just in it for the queso. Is our fearless leader Amanda any of these people? No. But she owns that.

The holiday season's lovable anytime cake -- breakfast, snack, and show-stopping dessert all in one.

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.

"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

The tool that has lived with Amanda since her early days as a cook, and has weathered every step of her career path from cook to writer to start-up founder.

"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