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Casey Barber

food writer | cookbook author | recipe developer | photographer | illustrator

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About Casey Barber

Hey there! I’m Casey, a food content producer specializing in writing, recipe development, photography, and styling for digital and print media.

Through my smorgasbord of work, I explore the intersection of food and pop culture with humor, clarity, and insight.

My writing, including editorial features and original recipes, has appeared on CNN Travel, The Kitchn, TODAY Food, and Allrecipes Magazine, among other print and online outlets. I’m the founder and editor of the critically acclaimed website Good. Food. Stories., an online magazine that focuses on food from a storyteller’s perspective.

As a recipe developer and photographer/stylist, I’ve worked with national and international brands to create content that’s inspirational as well as user-friendly. (Yes, I will make that Instant Pot beef stew look as irresistible to eat as it was easy to make.)

I am the author of the cookbooks Pierogi Love: New Takes on an Old-World Comfort Food (Gibbs Smith, 2015) and Classic Snacks Made from Scratch: 70 Homemade Versions of Your Favorite Brand-Name Treats (Ulysses Press, 2013), and the co-writer of Inspired Bites: Unexpected Ideas for Entertaining from Pinch Food Design (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2014).

As a visual artist, I create individual hand-drawn illustrations for editorial and corporate clients that reflect the whimsy and weirdness inside my head. From 2016-2019, I was also the founder and creative director of The Casey BarberSHOP, featuring pop culture-inspired gifts and greeting cards.

Oh, and I’m educated! I received my masters degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and my undergraduate degree in English and visual art/art history from Bucknell University.

I now live in northern New Jersey with my husband, two very helpful assistant cats (Lenny and Bixby), two ukuleles (Beezus and Ramona), and a freezer full of sour cherries.

Want to work together? Email me to talk specifics.

Good. Food. Stories. on Instagram

  • Debate: is this a Christmas song or not? It is for me, and also one of the best saddest songs that I've loved since I was a kid. Dan Fogelberg nostalgia 4eva!
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#danfogelberg #sameoldlangsyne #christmassongs #ukulelecovers #ukulelesongs #concertukulele #beezusukulele #sadsongs #yachtrock
  • Never not hungry for clam pie.
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#clampie #clampizza #pizzanight #motorino #neapolitanpizza #redpepperflakes #pizzaandwine #nyceats #fitnesswholepizzainmymouth
  • Well, we do it every year, but since TayTay says it's okay...
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#caseysletterboard #letterboardquotes #letterboard #taylorswiftamas #taylorswiftquotes #letterboardlyrics #taylorswiftlover
  • Bolognese is also my love language, FYI. πŸπŸ’›
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#bolognese #spaghettibolognese #alltheparmesan #pastanight #pastaeveryday #meatsauce #pastasauce #dinnerisserved #madefromscratch
  • Next in the Route 66 illustration series: Tee Pee Curios, Tucumcari, NM. Yes, the sign is spelled "Tepee" - part of the quirk of this particular neon gem!
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#teepeecurios #tucumcaritonight #tucumcari #neonillustration #route66neon #madewithprocreate #procreatedrawing #historicroute66 #amdrawing

DCB On The Road on Instagram

  • It's Friday the 13th of December, and nothing could be more seasonally spooktacular than Haunted Mansion Holiday at Disneyland!
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It was totally a bucket list moment to see my favorite Disney ride completely transformed into one of my all-time favorite movies...
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...and maybe I had a slight nervous breakdown when they shut the ride down temporarily for mechanical issues while we were NEXT IN LINE for the Doom Buggies, but the ghost hosts pulled through in the end.
πŸ‘»πŸŽ„ Happy haunts indeed! -CB
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#hauntedmansion #hauntedmansionholiday
#nightmarebeforechristmas #jackskellington #disneylandcalifornia  #disneylandholidays #disneychristmas #hauntedmansion50thanniversary #999happyhaunts
  • Hey, happy National Park-iversary, Petrified Forest! Even if you hadn't got the call to the big leagues in 1962, we still would love you for your incredibly colorful and diverse beauty. You're a gem! πŸŽ‰
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#petrifiedforest #petrifiedforestnationalpark #findyourpark #nationalparkgeek #nationalparkiversary #arizonanationalparks #bluemesa  #petrifiedwood #badlands
  • Happy birthday, Everglades National Park! I suspect you're warmer than New Jersey right now.
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#evergladesnationalpark #evergladesnps #theeverglades #florida #nps #findyourpark #sunsetphotography #floridasunset
  • The map is updated! And it's getting to be something of a hot mess, but the point is to fill it as full as we can, right?
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Current tally is: DC, 20 National Parks; CB, 17 National Parks; and together have visited 58 other NPS sites.
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On to the next crazy venture!
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#nationalparkservice #nationalparksmap #findyourpark #americasbestidea #seeamerica #seeamericafirst #mapdecor #allthenationalparks #nationalparkgeek
  • Though we managed to outrun the snow and icy conditions at every stop on our westbound journey, we couldn't escape the holiday reminders at almost every turn. Christmas lights and music followed us all the way from Tulsa on.
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By the time we got to Williams on November 19, it started to feel right to celebrate a little - especially with a tree done up like this downtown. -CB
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#williamsaz #williamsarizona #historicdowntown #christmastreelights #townchristmastree #route66 #classicchristmas #townsquare

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