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Founded by Amanda Hesser in 2009.1
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Recipe and cookware website
Food52 is a recipe and cookware website. Founded in 2009 by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, formerly of the New York Times, its website is intended as a platform for users to publish recipes and discuss cooking.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Food52 is a recipe and cookware website. Founded in 2009 by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, formerly of the New York Times, its website is intended as a platform for users to publish recipes and discuss cooking.2
Founded by Amanda Hesser in 2009.1
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