There Are Now 1 Million Members of Our Community!

From the very beginning, Food52 has been centered around creating a community, and we couldn’t be more thrilled that we’ve now grown to over 1 million strong!

Each of you—and your passion for food, cooking, and living well—have made this website what it is. You've shared tens of thousands of recipes (and some (Not)Recipes too), entered nearly 300 contests, and helped us create cookbooks along the way. You've written articles, shared photos, sent each other gifts, and impressed us every single day with your know-how.

Thank you for being here.

We wish we could have a party and celebrate with all of you—we’re just not sure we can find a venue able to fit a long enough table, so we're setting for raising a glass in your honor and helping you get to know a little bit about your fellow Food52ers.

Over the years, Food52ers have gathered for many a potluck

Let's start with some of the basics.

Here are the top 10 cities you live in:

The breakdown in ages:

And yes, as you might expect, most of you are women, but nearly one-third of our users are male—just don't call them "food dudes."

More potlucks!

As you probably know, when you create an account here, you create a username at the same time, and if it's not some version of your name, oftentimes it's about food. These are the words most likely to appear in a username, and how many users have it in their username:

We can’t resist a little clever wordplay, and neither can you, here are 5 usernames that make us smile:

And we all have just as much fun coming up with names for collections, here are 10 of our favorites:

Have you signed up for an account yet? Once you do, you’ll be able to create your own collections (the best way to save your favorite recipes and articles in one spot), ​get help with cooking dilemmas (or help solve them!) on the Hotline, join conversations around the site, and receive our best tips for eating thoughtfully and living joyfully, right to your inbox.

It's clear you all love to talk about food just as much as we do—some us maybe just a little bit more than others these are the all-time top 10 commenters:

But you don't just talk about food, you create new dishes, too! These are the users who have posted the most recipes, and their current tally:

What exactly are you cooking? These are the 10 recipes you’ve saved the most:

If you have questions about what you're cooking, you can always turn to the Hotline for help from your fellow Food52ers. These are 10 of the most intriguing questions from the Hotline, the ones really got you all talking (and a couple of them had us scratching our heads):

We laugh together, and sometimes we cry together, too.

It’s possible we have a few famous people in our midst:

Since the Food52 Wedding Registry launched last summer, a number of you have created registries, but there's only one user who wanted to marry Food52 and have Amanda and Merrill walk him down the aisle (or the only one to ask anyway…):

Ready to make our community ice cream sundae packed with your recipes? Here they all are:

Never commented before? Introduce yourself in the comments! Frequent commenter? Tell us something about yourself we didn't know (or, if you're feeling shy, just tell us the best thing you've cooked recently).