The following foods were declared marriage material by (ravenous, polygamous) Food52 employees:
- Aloo papdi chaat
- Andy Ward & Jenny Rosenstrach's Pork Shoulder Ragu
- Angel hair pasta
- Bagels
- Blackcurrant "anything"
-
Black sesame "anything"
- Bitter greens, "mostly broccoli rabe"
- Butterscotch
- Burrata
- Brie, specifically "a creamy Brie"
- Cabernet Franc
- Campari
- Cashew butter
-
Chai lattes "with steamed in coconut milk folded in"
- Chickpeas
- Chili oil
- Cilantro
- Coffee
- Chana masala
- Chicken Marabella
- Cracklin' Oat Bran
- Crisp apples
- Crostini
-
Dumplings, voted for so many times this list could also be just one line that said "dumplings"
- Dried figs
- Hand-cut noodles
- Heirloom tomatoes
- Honey
- Hot sauce
- Injera
-
Fresh mozzarella, "still warm from having just been made" (are you crying yet?)
- Fried pork tenderloin
- Fries ("Fries. Fries. Fries. Fries. Fries. Fries. Curly. Straight. Steak. Skinny. But not wedges.")
- Goat cheese
- Goat cheese and honey, together
- Gin (voted for twice)
- Grits
- Ground beef tacos
- Khoresh Gheymeh
- Lox
- Marcella's Tomato Sauce with Onion and Butter
- Marcella's Rice and Smothered Cabbage Soup
- Margaritas
-
Marlow & Sons' Chocolate Chip Cookies with Maldon
- Modjeskas
- Nuoc cham
- Onions
- Palak paneer
- Pancakes, "fluffy" or "topped with plenty of maple syrup"
- Pasta "with preserved lemons, fresh chopped parsley, garlic, parmesan, and olive oil"
- Peshwari naan
-
Petrossian croissants
- Pimento cheese
- Pizza
- Pork belly
- Prosciutto
-
Ruffles All Dressed Potato Chips ("I can't help it I am Canadian.")
- Rye bread
-
Salvatore ricotta, prosciutto, and Eataly's Classic Rustic Loaf (in any assemblage)
- Sharp cheddar cheese, "preferably extra sharp" or white
- Soba noodles
- Scones
- Sour cream
- Summer tomatoes "straight off the vine"
-
St. André cheese
- Sweet potatoes
- "Thinly shaved" fennel
- Toast with ricotta, honey, olive oil, and flakey salt ("I'd even pay for the wedding."
- Tortilla chips and guacamole
- Vinegar
- Xiao Long Bao, chief amongst dumpling marriage material, specifically those found in Elmhurst, Queens and at Din Tai Fung
Now tell us in the comments: Which food(s) would you like to hitch your wagon to forever?
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