Merrill Stubbs is the co-founder of Food52 and has written for many food and lifestyle publications, including the New York Times.

She cut her teeth in the test kitchen at Cook's Illustrated and behind the counter at Flour Bakery in Boston before she worked with Amanda Hesser on The Essential New York Times Cookbook.

She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.

Amanda Hesser is the co-founder of Food52 and was previously a writer and editor at the New York Times.

She wrote the award-winning books Cooking for Mr. Latte and The Cook and the Gardener.

Her last book, a Times bestseller and the winner of a James Beard Award, is The Essential New York Times Cookbook.

She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and twins.