The Food52 Cookbook, Volume 2: Seasonal Recipes from Our Kitchens to Yours

Food52 Cookbook #2

by Amanda Hesser, Merrill Stubbs

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

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction, Reference, Foodie, Food and Drink

508 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 20, 2011

About the author

Amanda Hesser has been a food columnist and editor at the New York Times for more than a decade. She is the author of the award-winning Cooking for Mr. Latte and The Cook and the Gardener and edited the essay collection Eat, Memory. Hesser is also the co-founder of food52.com. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Tad Friend, and their two children.

Reviews

[Libraryassistant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my! I love both volumes of Food 52. First, the recipes - everything I have tried came out scrumptious and a definite step up from the usual...But just as fun are the comments from those in the Food52 community who've tried it, varied it, etc. I know the recipes are likely on the website, but I want to buy this so I can get short rib juices and fig jam all over its pages instead of my iPad!

[Terry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did not think this one was as good as the first. A few good recipes though.

[Robert Hudder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe it is the fact that I am messing with a Thanksgiving recipe or just finally getting the draw of Food52 but this is the book that gave me the impetus for signing up for the website. I saved the recipes that I wanted from the book.

These recipes are organized in a seasonal way and according to the site. So, the recipes located there are good but many are adaptations on a theme. I did save a few recipes and there was a reminder for making a spice blend, za'atar. That will be part of my project next week on my blog. Not za'atar per se but...

Anyway, here are the recipes.
Warm Custard Spoon Bread
Aunt Mariah's Lemon Sponge Cups
Gong Bao ji Ding
Sunday Pork Ragu (reminds me of a red sauce recipe I have)
Salvadorean Breakfast Pancakes (aka Quesadilla)

Largely recipes of a sort that I have but in a clearer and more accessible way. It makes me want to revisit my cookbook shelf and that is a good thing.

[X · Rating 2 out of 5]

Simply based on the fact that this a collection of user-submitted recipes, these vary very broadly in how basic or interesting they are.

Most of them don't sound very original or appealing to me - they sound more like what your Aunt Myrna swears is her world-famous dish that everyone loves at Thanksgiving but is actually too polite to say is a bit meh.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

seasonal recipies

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pictures of recipes? Yes.
Commentary on recipes? Yes.
Nutrition facts? No.
Recipe Style? Lots of variations on familiar dishes.
Any keepers? Not really.

[Ariste Egan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent recipes, both savory and sweet -- and even a few delicious cocktail recipes thrown in. Beautiful photographs as well.

[Stephanie Addie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I only wrote up one recipe from the cookbook. It's for Salvadoran breakfast pancakes and it looks great and can not wait to make them in the near future

[Jenny K]

Nothing here really caught my eye.

[Beka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my favorite of the Food52 cookbooks.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't know that I would want to own this, as beautiful it is to flip through, because it is based on an online cooking community and most recipes will be found there. However the idea behind the project is unique and makes the experience for these home cooks worthwhile. Unless your recipe is included, or one of a family member or friend, this is one worth borrowing from the library as opposed to purchasing.

[Christi Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

The recipes are very good -- most are pretty simple, easy to follow. I had to adapt to make them gluten free.

The book layout organization could use some work. Its not intuitive -- and the seasonal divisions don't necessarily fit.

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read 3 Food52 cookbooks at once. they all came in from the library at once. (Why does that always happen?) Anyway - I'm up to my eyeballs with eagerness to try many of these recipes and ideas. Love the Food52 community - what a great food resource!

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fantabulous cookbook by Food52. I pretty much love everything they put together and how they present real-people recipes with some fun or serious love of cooking. Probably won't buy this one, but I'll check it out at the library every few years most likely...

[christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Photo's are lovely. Some of the ingredients are like WTF is that... I love that you can find all the recipes online on their website. I definitely saved a bunch to try later. Not a cookie cutter cookbook I really enjoyed it overall.

[Susie · Rating 4 out of 5]

beautiful photos, tasty recipes. my favorite kind of cookbook. I'm looking forward to making a few of the cake recipes for new years day.

[Heidi · Rating 2 out of 5]

eh.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

An essential cookbook for any cook's library.

[Katy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I want to like the food52 cookbooks but I just...don't.

[Liz De Coster · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would be a great accompaniment to a CSA share!