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We Planned 5 Nights of Dinner & Dessert (So You Don’t Have To)

We’ve teamed up with HelloFresh to make your weeknights a little sweeter. Sign up for their meal kit service now through May and you’ll get Free Desserts for Life (really!). Use code FOOD52 at checkout. (Note: One free dessert item per box while subscr…

Most cooks know that the best way to guarantee home-cooked dinners is to plan a weeknight menu in advance. In reality, though, I often head to the market with just a few ideas in mind and come up with a menu while staring at the meat counter or strolling the produce bins. This is risky business, since it can lead to meals my kids find boring (roast chicken again?), and a few stray ingredients in search of a home (Oh hello eggplant! Remind me what I had in mind for you?). As for dessert—it doesn’t even enter the realm of weeknight cooking unless it’s in the frozen section.

Slightly Unhinged Yet Tastefully Refined = Our New Mantra

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Last week, someone on Instagram gave us the highest compliment: Read More >>

Dear Food52 Community,

Last week, someone on Instagram gave us the highest compliment:

Introducing Food52’s Tournament of Salads: Lettuce Play

A salad can mean anything. Butter lettuce, farro, favas, a jar of tuna—it’s hard to think of an ingredient that doesn’t “belong” in a salad. It’s as easygoing as a dish can get, especially in spring, prime salad-making season, which makes it the perfec…

We know you love competitions, and this one features some of our favorite salad recipes from our community, cookbook authors, and chefs. Only one will be crowned the champion. Will it be a Caesar? A wedge? Something you’ve never made before? Let’s find out, together.

Chitra Agrawal’s Key Ingredient for Home-Cooked Indian Meals

We’re celebrating remarkable women in the worlds of food and design throughout Women Are Amazing Month (aka Women’s History Month, Food52-style). Is there a woman we should be profiling? Let us know.

As a child of parents from very different regions…

We're celebrating remarkable women in the worlds of food and design throughout Women Are Amazing Month (aka Women's History Month, Food52-style). Is there a woman we should be profiling? Let us know.

As a child of parents from very different regions of India—a mother who hails from Bangalore, in the south, and a dad from Delhi, to the north—Chitra Agrawal soaked in two distinct culinary traditions growing up. She dabbled in South Asian cooking early in her career, leading classes, blogging, and hosting pop-up dinners, but it wasn’t until she published her cookbook, Vibrant India: Fresh Vegetarian Recipes from Bangalore to Brooklyn, that she made the switch to working in food full-time. Together with her husband, who has a background in food packaging design, she channeled her passion and knowledge of India’s foodways into a line of premium Indian pantry staples you’ve probably seen on your supermarket shelves: Brooklyn Delhi. Founded in 2014, her brand now includes 10 products, from Indian pickles, or achaar, to vegan simmer sauces to chutneys. Now, her brand is set to expand even further this summer, when she branches into ready-to-eat meals. Here, she shares her inspiration for making high-quality Indian food accessible and easy to prepare at home.

Chef Jackie Carnesi Brings Her South Texas Spirit to an Iconic Brooklyn Diner

Shortly after Jackie Carnesi arrived in New York …

Shortly after Jackie Carnesi arrived in New York City fresh out of culinary school, she became a fixture at one of Brooklyn’s biggest restaurant empires, Roberta’s. She's been tapped to lead equally impressive restaurants ever since. Following Roberta’s, Jackie became executive chef at Nura, where she filtered her experience and South Texas upbringing—she grew up on Tex-Mex and Mexican cooking, alongside the Southern staples of her Tennessee mom—through the lens of Indian cuisine. Though this was unfamiliar terrain at the time, she gladly, easily met the challenge (Nura became a Michelin-recommended restaurant under her helm).

What Your Coffee Says About You, Explained

We’ve teamed up with Belle Coffee Creamer to give you a taste of how delicious real coffee creamer can be. Using real dairy and simple ingredients (read: no lactose, artificial hormones, or oil additives), Belle Coffee Creamer elevates the ordinary cup…

Like the Myers-Briggs test, how you take your coffee says a lot about your personality. Maybe not as definitely, but close enough. In fact, according to our very in-depth, very unscientific research, understanding these traits can be the key to unlocking your hidden power and potential—or simply a reminder of your excellent taste. Curious where you fit into the classic coffee archetypes? Read on to find out what your go-to coffee says about you.

The Woman Behind Your New Favorite Mug

Josephine Heilpern, founder of Brooklyn-based cer…

Josephine Heilpern, founder of Brooklyn-based ceramics and home goods brand, Recreation Center, pours her heart and soul into every inch of her vibrant business. She makes every Recreation Center product, from vases to cups, by hand, and is responsible for this much-loved coffee mug in our limited edition collection. (Our team fought over who got to use it in the staff kitchen, until it went missing. We're still not over it.)

The Amazing Women of the Food52 Multiverse

Women’s History Month is underway, and while it’s always a welcome, 31-day-long reminder for us to reflect upon remarkable women—it just feels so stuffy and perfunctory, doesn’t it?

So, to celebrate this month Food52-style, we’re rebranding it “Women …

Women’s History Month is underway, and while it’s always a welcome, 31-day-long reminder for us to reflect upon remarkable women—it just feels so stuffy and perfunctory, doesn't it?

So, to celebrate this month Food52-style, we’re rebranding it “Women Are Amazing Month.” Throughout March, we’ll be profiling incredible, talented women working in two of our favorite fields: food and design. To kick things off, we’d like to point you to the stories of these world-changing women. Then, go back in time with us as we celebrate so many of the female colleagues, contributors, and creators who have made our cooking (and our lives) immeasurably better over the years.

The Presidential Dining Power Rankings

George H. W. Bush nearly banned broccoli from his White House. Seriously—there’s an entire Wikipedia page titled George H.W. Bush broccoli comments, and after reading the “analysis” section, I’ve become certain: If I was eight years old, I would’ve lov…

However, since I’m no longer in third grade, the 41st White House is not my preferred presidential dining destination. As you’ll be happy to know, many of our nation’s leaders didn’t just stomach their green vegetables, they embraced them. Even seasoned them. And, in Nixon’s case, likely poured ketchup on them.

Katy Perry’s Nonalc Drink Actually Rocks

Ever since George Clooney traded his keys to the Casamigos Castle for a crisp billion dollars, celebrities—like Kendall Jenner, Matthew McCounaghey, and the guy that ruined twitter dot com—have hurled themselves towards any opportunity that pours from …

Unfortunately, many of these fame-forward forays into the alcohol business have spawned spirits that are some combination of over-priced, unenjoyable, and problematic. Unless you enjoy booze that reeks of hand sanitizer and deleted paychecks, I’d avoid the category altogether.