Cookbooks
Submit Your Recipes to Food52’s Holiday Community Cookbook
From grandma's dinner rolls to top-secret cranberry sauce, we want to see your favorite holiday recipes.
Editor's note: We've updated the Community Cookbook submission requirements to remove the request for a video submission, which is now optional.
Halloween is gone, and that means that the winter holidays are fast approaching. Here at Food52, we’re breaking out all our favorite cookie recipes, brushing up on our turkey knowledge, and, of course, thinking about all the holiday meals and treats to come. This year, we’ve decided to launch something a little bit different: a giant Community Cookbook, made by intrepid Food52 fans.
That’s right! We’re bringing the annual Food52 Holiday Swap to more users than ever before—to the entire Food52 community. Rather than pairing community members as we have in the past, we're allowing you to “swap” your recipe with our millions of readers. And if you participate, you’ll unlock access to Food52’s 2022 Holiday Community Cookbook recipe roundup on our site.
Wondering how to join? All you need to do is submit your favorite holiday recipe on our site with a photo and share it using the hashtag #Food52Holiday across Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube. Optionally, you can submit a video on social making the recipe as well! Personal stories are encouraged! We want to hear all about your grandma’s dinner rolls, your secret to the best-ever green beans, your best friend’s holiday tamales, and all the other special dishes that you always have on the table. Submit as many recipes as you’d like, and browse through all the others that Food52-ers have whipped up. There’s no limit to the number that you can add—so keep those pies, casseroles, salads, and cranberry sauces coming.
Starting November 7th, simply post your recipe with a photo on Food52 and tag it with the hashtag on social media. Over the coming weeks, our team will look through all of the submissions and post our favorites on social media all season long (we’ll even make some of them too!). And as a special thank you to our participants, the Food52 Holiday Swap will culminate in a digital ‘Community Cookbook’ destination on-site that houses all of the 2022 Holiday Swap recipes, and will feature a video bringing together highlights from our community’s most thoughtful and inspiring videos.
We can’t wait to see all the wonderful things you make for your holiday season!
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Written by: Margaret Eby
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and I know many people will be disappointed. It was such a special, personal way to connect people and it will really, really be missed.
- Alex Hughes, VP of Content @ Food52
I barely received any acknowledgement from my recipient last year...so much so I had to ask after knowing the package had been delivered (I waited 10 days--porch pirates?). I put a lot of thought to the contents of that box and probably spent too much money.
The person who sent my box told me she had googled my address and found our home to be lovely. I felt a little violated to be honest.
For those reasons, I was not going to participate in the swap this year.
I'm glad others had positive experiences from last year. I have had those in the past as well and it was wonderful!
- Alex Hughes, VP of Content @ Food52
- Alex Hughes, VP of Content @ Food52
Thanks for trying to mix it up, but I think I'll opt out of this one...
As an alternative, I love that idea from the Hotline forums you mentioned!
- Alex Hughes, VP of Content @ Food52
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