Amanda's delicate touch pervades this dinner.

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.

Merrill and Amanda Li face off in a battle for the smallest brunoise, and the going gets tough.

"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

It was a busy day in the test kitchen when all of a sudden Amanda turned her computer screen, showed us all the New York Times homepage, and asked, "Is that Thomas Keller in my kitchen?"

The article in question is about California chefs crusading against the state's upcoming ban on the sale of foie gras, headed up by a photo of the French Laundry's Thomas Keller standing and looking serious in a kitchen that looks remarkably like Amanda's.

Well, we had only one option. Readers, we present you Amanda "Thomas Keller" Hesser.

Amanda shares a book tour highlight, from Seattle.

Addie, Walker, and Amanda make breakfast.