Partnerships:
Harper Studio
OXO
Bottlerocket Wine & Spirit
Sarah Shatz
Photographer
Sarah has photographed chefs, politicians, cowboys, firefighter paramedics and airplane mechanics for magazines ranging from Esquire to Newsweek to Popular Mechanics. At our first shoot, Sarah was battling a terrible cold but insisted on powering through and shooting for more than 9 hours. Sarah has taken our entire library of food photos, cataloging more ingredients and equipment than can be found in Whole Foods and Williams-Sonoma combined. She also makes a mean curried zucchini and poppy seed bread. Follow Sarah on Twitter: sarahshatz And check out her website: www.sarahshatz.com
Benjamin Lim
Developer
We found Ben through Twitter, where we discovered that in addition to being a Ruby on Rails developer at American Express Publishing, he had a side career in food websites. He has built AmateurGourmet.com, MichaelRuhlman.com and AlineaAtHome.com. He pitched in as 10x developed the site, and he'll keep food52 running and evolving once it's launched. In his decreasing spare time, he likes to travel to remote parts of the city in search of interesting food, make films (he graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts) and brew his own beer. He lives in Gowanus, Brooklyn, and thus is way cooler than we are. Follow Ben on Twitter: benlim
Christine Yom
Web Designer
We met Christine through Ben, and once we learned that she lent a hand to two of our favorite sites -- bit.ly and Chartbeat -- we were sold. Christine loves food and appreciates a clean design that focuses on photography and typography. We've been working together ever since to update each section of the site. More to come soon! Christine lives in Queens and frequently braves the BQE for meetings. Check out her website and work at http://pixelandem.com.
Kristen Miglore
Assistant Editor
Kristen wears many hats at food52: quietly and deftly, she writes Family Meal, Cook Spotlight and various sundry blog posts; styles the Wildcard winners; puts together the newsletter; tweets like a madwoman; and takes care of our messes with a sense of humor when we get in over our heads. Follow Kristen on Twitter: miglorious
Emily McKenna
Assistant Editor
Emily, who works as a researcher at Food & Wine, spends her weekends testing recipes for the weekly contests and Wildcards, and regularly writes Family Meal and Reciprocity. Emily also seems to get 28 hours out of every 24 hour day. Last fall, she tested 100 recipes in a month for Amanda's New York Times cookbook and sourced ingredients for the entire book. We bow to her efficiency. Follow Emily on twitter: emilymckenna
Stephanie Bourgeois
Recipe Tester
Stephanie is a student in NYU's Food Studies graduate program, and every weekend she dives into the kitchen with a half dozen or more food52 recipe candidates and surfaces again on Sunday nights with her recommendations. Follow Stephanie on Twitter: biffbourgeois
Martine Trelaun
Shop Manager
Martine and Amanda met through mutual friends, and through their love of tea and techy things, became fast friends on Twitter. Martine is a talented designer -- see her work at Design + Know-How -- and is the coolest person in Red Hook. She kindly volunteered to help bring order, harmony and excellent finds to the Shop section of our site. Follow her on Twitter: mtrelaun
Rebecca Palkovics
Publicist
When we asked Rebecca what her "desert island meal" would be, this was her response: "Fava bean, mint, and pecorino salad with a glass of Gruner Vetliner." Needless to say, her answer put ours to shame. Growing up, Rebecca developed an appreciation for good food both at home in Pennsylvania and during regular visits to New York, where she sought out the latest restaurants and specialty stores. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Rebecca worked at a boutique public relations firm in Chicago before returning to New York to pursue a Masters in Food Studies at NYU. While in school, she has worked for David Rosengarten and Saveur. Follow Rebecca on Twitter: RPalkovics
Tim Wu and James Herron
Videographers
Every Wednesday morning, Tim and James come over with their cameras, and we shoot a cooking video, chat about random stuff and eat some food -- not necessarily in that order. Thanks to their enthusiasm, good humor and excellent camera skills, it's one of our favorite times during the week. Both Tim and James are recent NYU Film Studies graduates as well as passionate cooks. You can find out more about Tim at http://www.wunotwoo.com.
Sasha Smith
Wine Expert
We met Sasha through a friend of Merrill's, and were immediately impressed by her wine blog, SpintheBottle.com. She engineered our partnership with Bottlerocket Wine & Spirit, films weekly videos and pairs wines with our contest finalists. We love her approachable, food-centric style and her affable presence in her videos. Follow her on Twitter: spinthebottleny
Jennifer Steinhauer
Contributing Writer
Jennifer -- aka "Jenny" -- is an old friend of Amanda's (set her up on a blind-date with her now husband, Tad). She and Amanda bonded over food and used to cook dinner together every Sunday. Now Jennifer is in L.A., where she's the bureau chief for the Times and a regular at the Beverly Hills Farmers Market. She dreamed up the idea to write a column on weeknight cooking for food52 and we happily obliged. Look for her posts, which appear on Mondays -- "Jenny's in the Kitchen." Check out her novel, "Beverly Hills Adjacent," and follow her on Twitter: jestei
Heather Schroder
Agent; International Creative Management
Amanda told her the idea behind food52 over lunch at Mary's Fish Camp and she's been our most enthusiastic advocate ever since. Heather introduced us to Bob Miller at Harper Studio, Pat and Eric at 10x and to some of our best advisors. In addition to being a skillful negotiator, Heather's also an exceptional cook who prepares food for a legion at Thanksgiving and orders Alphonso mangoes by the crate.
Tiffany Piecewicz
Attorney
We met Tiffany through our friend Matt Meeker, a co-founder of Wee-Web.com. A trained opera singer, she went to Johns Hopkins and the University of Iowa, where she got her law degree. Tiffany specializes in legal work for start-ups, which made working with her a breeze. Her family is Polish, so her idea of comfort food is pierogi and golabki, but she once ate termites on a jungle tour in Belize. (Tiffany says: "Our guide claimed that termites taste like peppermint. They don't.")
Tad Friend and Jonathan Dorman
Our recipe tasters, advisors and late-night email tolerators. You're the best. Follow them on Twitter: tadfriend and jidorman
10x Ten Times
Pat Stern and Eric Liftin, principals
Our initial website developers Pat and Eric, both serious cooks themselves, immediately identified with our plan to uncover the world's best cooks, one recipe at a time. Among many excellent ideas they came up with was the cool Cooking View, which enables you to bring your laptop into the kitchen and view recipes easily while you cook. Meetings at their Dumbo office often seemed less like meetings and more like a get together with friends — and sometimes involved us all sitting on a giant felt pod eating Korean desserts.
www.10x.net
