About
A Missouri native, Emily Farris grew up eating casseroles. After moving to New York City in 2000, she began to make her own, and learned that her mother’s green bean casserole was, in fact, not her mother’s—it was the Durkee Onion recipe. Since this devastating revelation, she has committed her life to creating and discovering original casserole recipes and her Annual Casserole Party has been featured in the New York Times, New York Post, Time Out New York and Gawker.
When not slaving over casseroles in the kitchen, Emily is a freelance writer and editor. She has written for Gourmet.com, BUST, Women’s Wear Daily, CNN.com, My Midwest, The Frisky, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, Slashfood.com, Edible Brooklyn and many publications and websites you’ve probably never heard of. She was the founding lifestyle editor of KCFreePress.com and before that, edited Nerve.com’s pop culture blog, Scanner. Her first cookbook, “Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven,” was published by Penguin in 2008. In the fifth grade, Emily won the D.A.R.E essay contest.
Emily returned to her hometown of Kansas City in 2009 after nearly nine years in New York. She now splits her time (not equally) between a tiny pied-à-terre in Brooklyn and a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City she shares with her boyfriend, her cat, her dog and her well-stocked liquor cabinet (because she has room for a liquor cabinet). She collects turquoise trinkets, vintage Pyrex and the letter “Q.”
Emily’s signature casserole is a macaroni and corn with caramelized onions, garlic, tomatoes and six different cheeses. She calls this dish Seduction for reasons she won’t disclose on this page but you can probably figure out on your own. (Who ever said casserole isn’t sexy? That person is an asshole.)
P.S. She’d really like to be a judge on Iron Chef. You hear that Food Network? You hear?
Photo by Daniel Delaney. | All content © 2010 Emily Farris.
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