"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

On Friday, FOOD52 was named Publication of the Year by the James Beard Foundation.

Whoop! W00T! Hooray!

"Hotline is the site's popular Q&A service, where cooks consult other cooks about anything, anytime (like what to do with a broken mayonnaise or how to substitute buttermilk in biscuits)." - Tejal Rao, VillageVoice.com

"It takes vision to realize you have something valuable, and that’s exactly what Co-Founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs had when they realized they had created a robust community of food lovers, recipe makers and at-home chefs for their crowdsourced cookbook." - Kate Brodock, Forbes.com

"In a recent interview with GigaOM, Hesser laid out how Food52 plans to become a central clearinghouse for cooking questions and food knowledge throughout the Web — sort of aQuora or Yahoo Answers for food." - Kevin Fitchard, GigaOm.com

Lots of green in Walker and Addie's lunches these days. Amanda describes one of her warm-weather standards:

My springtime cheat: artichokes, asparagus, and peas. I use frozen artichoke hearts and peas, mix them in a saucepan with lots of olive oil, thyme, a smashed garlic clove, and salt, then cook them, covered, over medium high heat, just until heated through and any liquid is cooked off. Then I take the lid off, let them cool until just warm, and fold in thinly sliced asparagus. It stays a little crunchy, which I like.

I make a bunch and keep this in the fridge all week, adding lemon juice or sherry vinegar, plus more oil, when serving. Here, I paired it with Moonlight Chaource from The Amazing Real Live Food Co., and triple chocolate espresso cookies for dessert.

Jenny finds a cookie to win the whole family over. 

"Your future is here in New York City. The most interesting, diverse, intellectually challenging, and friendliest place you will ever live and work in." - Mayor Michael Bloomberg, AVC.com

"You can even post a question on the site or through the app, and if you mark the question as urgent, it rockets to the top of the pile so you don't have to stand in your kitchen all night waiting for a little help." - Alan Henry, Lifehacker.com

"'We created this place where you can ask questions on the site and mark it as urgent, if you are in one of those thorny situations,' Hesser says." - Nancy Shute, NPR.org