Review: Marley Spoon Meal Kit

A mostly scratch-made meal kit with vast variety, full flavors, mostly fresh produce, good-quality meat, and simple good technique. A meal kit for those who love cooking.

Marley Spoon is famously the Martha Stewart meal kit. Though founded in Germany, Marley Spoon hit up America's high queen of home economics when it arrived on American shores a decade back. Stewart lent the meal kit brand her cooking techniques, her general style, and her good name.

Among the many meal kits I've tested, Marley Spoon became synonymous with that Martha vibe. It wasn't flashy. There were fewer pan-continental culinary experiments. But the cooking was excellent. It was a good thing.

Well, things change. Starting in December, Martha is absent from Marley Spoon's website, aside from her “Martha's Best” imprimatur on a few recipes here and there. (Marley Spoon didn't respond to ...