Food52 Recipe & Holiday Guide

Holiday Recipes & Party Planning Guide

by Food52

Conquer holiday entertaining madness with this indispensable and newly updated survival guide from Food52 co-founders and New York Times writers Amanda Hesser & Merrill Stubbs. Made exclusively for the iPad and iPhone, this book features 127 masterfully curated recipes from seasoned home cooks, over 100 minutes of expert video tutorials, and extensive event-planning guidance from Amanda & Merrill and the Food52 community.
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In The Press

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127 Low-Stress Recipes

All recipes have been crowd-sourced from the Food52 community, covering every meal, occasion, and need, including vegetarian/vegan and gluten-free dishes.

Step-by-Step Slideshows

Amanda & Merrill guide you through the most complex recipes with 800 photographs that outline each step of the cooking process.

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Cooking Techniques

Learn 45 key techniques such as crimping pie dough, carving meat, and creating a show-stopping gingerbread house.

100 Minutes of HD Video

Amanda & Merrill walk you through some of the toughest cooking and entertaining conundrums, from trussing a turkey to safely opening a bottle of bubbly.

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Entertaining Handbook

We provide 15 complete menus and 7 twists on the big feast, complete with strategies, schedules, and foolproof survival rules.

Holiday Tip Sheet

More than 100 helpful hints from the community of seasoned home cooks and entertainers at Food52. We help you choose the best online invitations and plan fun ice breakers that actually break the ice!

About Food52

Amanda Hesser and Merril Stubbs

Food52 is a leading community for people who love food and cooking. The community at Food52 creates cookbooks, takes on food projects, debates food news, helps others with real-time food Q&A, and bands together to support local food producers. The Food52 Cookbook was published this fall.

Amanda Hesser

Amanda is a former New York Times food editor and has written the award-winning books Cooking for Mr. Latte and The Cook and the Gardener. Her latest book, The Essential New York Times Cookbook, won a James Beard award in 2011. Amanda, who appeared in the film Julia & Julia as herself, was also named one of 50 women game-changers in food by Gourmet. She is co-founder and CEO of Food52.

Merrill Stubbs

Merrill has worked for over a decade in the food industry as a private chef, cooking instructor and writer/editor. She has written for the New York Times' T Living, Edible Brooklyn, Body+Soul, and Culinate.com, among others, and she was the food editor at Herb Quarterly. She is co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Food52.

Includes Holiday Recipes for:
  • Thanksgiving
  • Christmas
  • Hanukkah
  • New Year's
  • Superbowl
  • Valentine's Day
  • Passover
  • Easter
  • Mother's Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Father's Day
  • Fourth of July
  • Labor Day
  • Rosh Hashanah
  • Halloween

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