Amanda Hesser, author portrait
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Amanda Hesser

Amanda Hesser, co-founder and CEO of Food52, is the author of the award-winning The Essential New York Times Cookbook, Cooking for Mr. Latte, and The Cook and the Gardener, as well as the editor of the essay collection Eat, Memory. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Tad Friend, and their two children.

Food52's Amanda Hesser in conversation with Dana Bowen | Random House Off the Page

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Food52's Amanda Hesser in conversation with Dana Bowen | Random House Off the Page

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