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There are still a few spots for the Kansas City Casserole Party

11 Nov

If you’ve been thinking about entering the Third Annual Kansas City Casserole Party, happening tomorrow night at the Honeytree Gallery, and haven’t yet, you still have time. There are still a few spots open for this cheesy casserole cooking competition. Don’t be intimidated — while professional chefs are welcome to enter, this is more about making something warm and delicious that you love. If you want me to love it, it should also be full of cheese and starch. But I’m not a judge. Here’s what you have to look forward to:

Judges:

Prizes: 

Libations: 
What are you waiting for? Enter now!

Start your ovens…

18 Oct

Registration is officially open for the Seventh Annual Brooklyn Casserole Party (October 24, 2011) and the Third Annual Kansas City Casserole Party (November 12, 2011).

2011 Casserole Party Dates

22 Sep

Casserole Crazies, save the dates:

The Seventh Annual Brooklyn Casserole Party will take place Monday, October 24, 2o11 at The Brooklyn Kitchen. Registration is open.

The Third Annual Kansas City Casserole Party will take place Saturday, November 12, 2011. Details are almost confirmed and registration will open soon.

Stay tuned!

A slightly refined classic green bean casserole

11 Nov

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Watch me make a slightly refined classic green bean casserole at BKTV.

Green bean casserole is an essential side dish at any Midwestern Thanksgiving dinner, and when I was a kid, it appeared on the table at least once every month. Upon moving to Brooklyn and making my own, however, I realized this was not at all my mom’s green bean casserole, but the recipe from every brand of French-friend onion can, cream of mushroom soup can, and cookbook in the world. But not every ingredient has to come from a can, as I demonstrate in this video from BKTV (the Brooklyn Kitchen‘s video series).

A Missouri girl through and through, though I blanched a pound of fresh green beans for this demo, I still used canned cream of mushroom soup and canned French-fried onions. If you really want to get fancy, you can make your own cream of mushroom soup (it’s really not that hard) and your own French-fried onions.

Thanks to the Brooklyn Kitchen and Daniel Delaney for asking me to share one of my favorite childhood casseroles.

P.S. All of these demos are making me realize I need to smile more on camera. (Here’s one from EatTV.com, I’m still working on embedding. I had a Casserole Party hangover when I made it) .

The full recipe is after the jump.

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The Winning Kansas City Casserole

10 Nov

Photo by Mollie Hull - molliehullphoto.com

Out of 28 casseroles entered in the 2nd Annual Kansas City Casserole Party on Saturday night at the ScionLab, most everyone seemed to agree there was one clear winner: Casserole No. 4, Lauren Busch’s Mojo Risin’, a braised citrus mojo pork and yucca dish. Lauren has kindly shared the recipe with me, so we can all see what kind of work (and time) goes into making a winning casserole.

For her hard work and delicious ingredients, Lauren went home with a $100 gift certificate to Pryde’s Old Westport, a $25 gift certificate to Bon Bon Atelier and a hand-made hat from Toasty Brain.

You can hear Lauren talking about prepping her casserole (and me talking for an hour about casseroles) on this episode of KCUR’s “Central Standard”.

The full recipe is after the jump.

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The Casserole Party is Coming to Kansas City!

31 Oct

Prydes Veggie Sign.2Hey, Kansas Citians! The Casserole Party is coming to your town. Attended and loved by many, and featured in the The New York Times’ Urban Eye, New York Sun, the New York Post, Time Out New York, Gawker.com and Nerve.com, the Casserole Party is an annual casserole competition (and excuse to over indulge in baked deliciousness) organized and hosted by Emily Farris (that’s me!), author of “Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven” (Penguin, 2008).

It will happen Monday, November 16 at 6 p.m. at Pryde’s Old Westport. Details regarding registration and attendance to come soon.

Register Now for the Fifth Annual Casserole Party

6 Oct

Registration is now open for the Fifth Annual Casserole Party, happening Tuesday, October 20 at Brooklyn Label. Ready? Set. Go!

REGISTER TODAY!

Cooking for Broke Dummies and Other Stuff

10 Apr

Are you tired of spending $20 a night on takeout? Do your parents tease you about not knowing how to boil water? Then you should probably come to Cooking for Broke Dummies at The Brooklyn Kitchen where I will show you the basics of making dinner on the cheap. Save for a few kitchen staples, you’ll leave knowing how to make at least five dinners for under $5 each. It’s happening next Wednesday, April 15—tax day! Or D-Day if you’re a freelancer like me (okay, okay, it’s file my extension day). Then Tuesday, April 21 I’ll be on the Woman’s Day radio show at noon EST when I’ll be giving out 10 autographed copies of my cookbook Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven.

There is Room for This Food Blog, And I Will Use It

23 Mar

Remember when I said I’d post more after my move? Yeah, major FAIL. But after returning from South by Southwest Interactive, and attending Rachel Kramer Bussel’s panel on food blogging, I am determined to post at least a few times a week. I wrote up a recap of the panel for Gourmet.com and the editor tacked this question onto the end: “is there room for more food blogs?” I certainly think, given the economy, there’s room for this one.

The Ultimate Recession Food (Duh)

18 Dec

logo_headerOne of the great things about publishing a book is that you become an expert of sorts and I, of course, am happy to serve as the authority on casseroles. So when The Daily Beast asked me to write an article on the casserole as the perfect recession food, I was more than happy to oblige.

Read it here.

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