Welcome to the newest version of Food52 Founder Amanda Hesser’s weekly e-newsletter, Hey there, it’s Amanda, full of meals, journey, and purchasing ideas, Food52 doings, and different issues that catch her eye. Get impressed—enroll right here for her emails.
August is a bizarre month at Food52. It’s tomato season, which implies we’re locked and loaded to maximise nightshade consumption (this yr we’re doing a Tomato-thon; don’t miss the fried tomato sandwiches. However it’s additionally the start of our vacation freight practice. Merchandise from everywhere in the rattling world begin displaying up on the workplace, our picture studios go into overdrive, and Jojo, our GM, begins taking part in Andy Williams’ “It is the Most Great Time of the Yr” at planning conferences to get everybody within the temper.
Within the coming months, I’ll share my bets for vacation greatest sellers, however within the meantime, listed here are a few gadgets I’d order earlier than they promote out:
- This Twenties-style Italian glassware, solely obtainable by means of us.
- These bread baskets made with wooden pulp and manufactured proper right here in Brooklyn!
- These assorted coloured tumblers. Our patrons nudged me to let you know about this model’s different glassware however I like the feel of this set. Plus, it’s my e-newsletter. I’ll do no matter I really feel like I wanna do, gosh! (I’ll ship a set of the tumblers to the primary one that emails me the film reference: [email protected].)
Anyway, let’s get again to tomatoes, corn, and stone fruits. César did a extremely cool factor with a Triple-Burnt Corn Basque cheesecake by infusing the cream with charred corn kernels. And Nea paired a peach-and-charred-corn salsa with shrimp tacos.
Baking Queen Dorie Greenspan and farmer-turned-chef Abra Berens might be answering member questions for our upcoming Cookbook Membership AMAs. Signal on up right here.
A few weeks in the past, I shared my e-newsletter studying checklist and requested for yours. Listed below are among the responses:
From Maggie:
- I actually love Restaurant Dropout, which accompanies Zoe Barrie’s TikTok collection—good ingredient prep for every week’s price of dinners that at all times look actually good and recent.
- I at all times benefit from the deep dives on Anne Helen Petersen’s Tradition Examine, and I like studying about upcoming cookbooks on Stained Web page Information by Paula Forbes.
- Gotta throw in a plug for my very own new e-newsletter as effectively—What To Drink shares enjoyable cocktail (and booze-free) recipes and ideas, plus beer, wine, and books I like to recommend.
From Paul:
I haven’t got three recs price sharing, however I usually flip to this meals e-newsletter for amusing. I believe you may discover it effectively written and maybe a bit…ridiculous. (And Paul is true—I find it irresistible.)
From Stephanie:
From Patti:
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
From Selinda:
Wondercade by Neil Patrick Harris – A world of meals, drinks, leisure, and magic
We’ve been experimenting with our product images, and I needed you to be the primary to see. Let me know you probably have any suggestions at [email protected].
Merry tomato season!
Amanda
Earlier than beginning Food52 with Merrill, I used to be a meals author and editor on the New York Instances. I’ve written a number of books, together with “Cooking for Mr. Latte” and “The Important New York Instances Cookbook.” I performed myself in “Julie & Julia” — hope you did not blink, or you could have missed the scene! I stay in Brooklyn with my husband, Tad, and twins, Walker and Addison.
