Food 52 Cookbooks Volume 1 and 2

by Amanda Hesser

Volume 1


The Best Cooks Are Home Cooks

Accomplished food writers and editors Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs had a mission: to discover and celebrate the best home cooks in the country. Each week for fifty-two weeks, they ran recipe contests on their website, Food52.com, and the 140 winning recipes make up this book. They include:

Double Chocolate Espresso Cookies
Secret Ingredient Beef Stew
Simple Summer Peach Cake
Wishbone Roast Chicken with Herb Butter

These recipes prove the truth that great home cooking doesn’t have to be complicated or precious to be memorable. This book captures the community spirit that has made Food52 a success. It features Amanda’s and Merrill’s thoughts and tips on every recipe, plus behind-the-scenes photos, reader comments, and portraits of the contributors—putting you right in the kitchen with America’s most talented cooks.

Volume 2


The team behind the bestselling The Food52 Cookbook and the James Beard Award–winning website Food52.com are back. Powered by a thriving online community and edited by noted food writers Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, Food52.com spotlights the best recipes from talented home cooks all over the world. The Food52 Cookbook, Volume 2, features seventy-five of the latest community favorites, including:

Late-Night Coffee-Brined Chicken
Roasted Carrot Soup
Herbed Beef Skewers with Horseradish Cream
Kentucky Hot Toddy
Burnt Caramel Pudding