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Meet Allison Shawn, Founder of SOMBRA Ceramics Studio

10 April 2025 at 22:26

All Fired Up is our Shop’s monthly handmade ceramics drop, curated by Food52, and all from small and local makers. This month, we’re featuring LA-based artist Allison Shawn of SOMBRA Studio Ceramics.


For Allison Shawn, it wasn’t a question of if she was going to run her own business—it was simply a question of when. And maybe what too. If you’d told her in college—or even five years after—that ceramics would be her future, she probably wouldn’t have believed you.

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Introducing Forkcast: Your Weekly Meal Plan & Grocery List

By: Food52
10 April 2025 at 21:11

Welcome to Forkcast—a weekly meal-planning newsletter that rounds up five Food52 recipes for the days ahead. The meals will be accompanied by a corresponding grocery list, recipe-specific pointers, and Food52 products that'll come in handy while cooking.

Grey—that's all we can see while writing this email. Will these lifeless skies bring rain? Of course. When? It's April, so always. But this week, that's fine—because we've chosen five of our coziest spring recipes to bear through the season's early showers. Discover five comforting recipes, a handy grocery list, and how to get this meal plan in your inbox each week.

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6 Tips for Hosting a Stress-Free Pasta Dinner Party

10 April 2025 at 20:17

Welcome to Come on Over, a Food52 newsletter about hosting life’s big and little moments. It’s where we share our editor’s personal tips and tricks, from modern-day etiquette—shoes off or shoes on?—to making extra seating out of every surface of an apartment. This week, Kelly is gearing up for pasta night.


No two-syllable word hits me quite like “pasta.” Aside from potatoes (hey, I am Irish), there’s no greater comfort food. A tomato sauce base is top tier—I’ll hear no different—and the smell of garlic knots baking as guests walk through the door? Magic. While pasta night is a simple concept, I believe in small elevations that give even the most casual affairs a bit more oomph. So pick your poison (pasta shape) and let’s get into it.

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I Tested the Frolic Ice Cream Machine—Here’s What I Thought

10 April 2025 at 16:46

In no particular order, I believe three of the world’s hardest questions to answer are as follows:

  1. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
  2. What do you want to eat?
  3. What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?

Numbers 1 and 2 will always elicit some sort of response in the vein of “I couldn’t have less of an idea.” But number 3? Oh, I have lots of ideas… and even more follow-up questions.

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