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Articles by Gabi Benedit

Gabi Benedit writes for Food52.

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Kickstarter is a wonderful platform where dreams can come true: Creators build campaigns to crowdfund their projects, users pledge, and once the campaigns’ funding goals are met, the real fun begins. Projects run the gamut — from all sorts of products to socially conscious ventures and even books. These are then sorted into one of 15 categories, and as you can imagine, we kind of have a favorite.

Here are 6 food-related Kickstarter campaigns we’re watching (and aren’t you?):

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1. Misen: Cook Sharp Goal: $25,000 Funded? Yes!

Many kitchen afficionados spend a lot of time thinking about knives. A lot. But the folks at Misen are taking the obsession a step further by developing a chef’s knife that’s perfectly balanced, made of premium materials, beautifully designed for ease and efficiency of use, and also — get this — reas... Read more