If you’ve been tuning into Recipe Drop, or Break an Egg, you've likely seen César, Nea, Anna, and a few special guests in our Test Kitchen making recipes that you’ve mentally filed under “must try this.” Well, Memorial Day weekend is your chance to catch up on all the dishes you’ve been dying to make. The Monday off means more downtime for a baking project, an actual breakfast, a dinner party, or a night of binging Ripley/Shogun/Tokyo Vice while curled up on the couch, grazing on leftovers. So here, I’ve gathered some of the best, recent dishes from the Test Kitchen that you should absolutely ..read more

Photo by Amanda Hesser Photo by Amanda Hesser Above was my Mother’s Day dinner—roasted salmon over greens, potatoes and asparagus, followed by a rhubarb, strawberry, and mint cake. Note the asparagus without any frippery! Simply steam it and top it with butter and coarse salt. We trade in asparagus techniques here at Food52, but don’t forget to eat them straight now and then, with your fingers, spear by spear. Catch the Rhubarb Before It’s Gone We have an unusually deep database of great rhubarb recipes, so I’m here to direct you to some of our finest, most of which came from commu ..read more

Great for sipping chilled or on the rocks, Cayman Jack® Margarita Flavors offer a sophisticated and hand-crafted experience you can crack open at home or enjoy on your next adventure. Discover all their authentic-tasting margarita flavors at www.caymanjack.com. Tacos can turn any meal into an event. Portable and fun to assemble, they’re an easy choice whether you’re hosting a few friends or a house party, especially when paired with the ideal taco-adjacent drink: margaritas. The tacos we’ve gathered here are Food52 favorites, and many take a detour from your typical taco fare (hello roasted ra ..read more

We've teamed up with Wisconsin Cheese for an interview mini-series called Meet the Makers, featuring a sampling of the state’s finest cheesemakers and their award-winning creations. If you grew up in the ‘90s like I did, chances are high that you also watched the charmingly British series of short films featuring Wallace and his clever dog, Gromit. In an installment titled A Grand Day Out, Wallace and Gromit realize they’ve eaten through their cheese stores, so they embark on a quest to find more. Naturally, their journey takes them to the moon—that big, pale yellow orb in the sky with its Swi ..read more

We’ve teamed up with Wisconsin Cheese for an interview mini-series called Meet the Makers, featuring a sampling of the state’s finest cheesemakers and their award-winning creations. Cheese has been made in Wisconsin since before it was even a state. In the 1830s and 40s, a wave of European immigrants planted roots in the region and started dairy farms, where they made homemade cheeses to get the most out of all that milk. It was a woman in fact, Anne Pickett, who started the first official cheesemaking business in the area, a whole seven years before Wisconsin joined the union in 1848. This ti ..read more

We’ve teamed up with Wisconsin Cheese for an interview mini-series called Meet the Makers, featuring a sampling of the state’s finest cheesemakers and their award-winning creations. When you grow up in a family that owns a business, there are typically two outcomes when it comes to your future: you either run as far as you can in the other direction and never look back, or you fall in step with the generations that came before you and eventually take the reins. Of course, both paths have merit, especially when there’s delicious food involved. Read More >> ..read more

We’ve teamed up with Wisconsin Cheese for an interview mini-series called Meet the Makers, featuring a sampling of the state’s finest cheesemakers and their award-winning creations. In 2019 I was lucky enough to attend the annual American Cheese Society Awards, hosted that year in Richmond, Virginia. Of the many fond memories I have from that trip, there’s one in particular that tends to rise to the top of my mind whenever I’m reflecting on it: a massive sea of proud Wisconsin cheesemakers cheering each other on as the state took home win after win for its incredible cheeses. I lost count of t ..read more

In one of my weekly newsletters, I asked readers to share what snacks and other plane prep products they take on flights. The Food52 community delivered, and I’m excited to share! But first, a quick aside: Several of you referred to a story about plane snacks that I wrote for the New York Times in…gulp…2002. This could mean you have a great memory, or that I wrote something memorable, or that I’m old. Let’s not think too much about it. Read More >> ..read more

Jojo is back in the house! Back in 2014, after we’d launched our Shop and it took off, Merrill and I realized we needed to bring on an experienced team. Industry friends kept telling us to hire Jojo Feld. So we did. It didn’t take long to see her strengths. She had an eye for great products that no one else was selling. Partners loved her. And she was a team builder. Read More >> ..read more

Dear Food52 Community, I was just in Portland, OR, where the sun decided to make an appearance, and Denver, where it decided to snow in late April. Now back in Brooklyn with its cherry blossoms and garbage. Read More >> ..read more