Amanda Hesser (born 1971) is an American food writer, editor, cookbook author and entrepreneur.

After finishing her first book, in 1997, Hesser was hired as a food reporter for The New York Times where she wrote more than 750 stories.

While at the Times, Hesser wrote about the influence of Costco on the wine industry, and how the Farmer Consumer Advisory Committee made decisions for the New York City Greenmarket.

By the following January, "they published a follow-up letter updating readers on the progress of their efforts, stating that their staff had been reduced to being 76 percent white.

[10] Hesser lives in Brooklyn Heights with her husband, Tad Friend,[11] a staff writer for The New Yorker, and their two children.