Emily Shepherd

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School
Davidson College
Expertise
Southern Cuisine, Food Preservation, Kid-Friendly Meals
  • Emily was on the original launch team for MyRecipes.com, which was once the online recipes hub for popular women's lifestyle titles like Southern Living, Cooking Light, and Sunset magazines.
  • She was canning food before canning became cool during the COVID pandemic, preserving homegrown muscadine jelly, pear preserves, bruschetta topping, and more.
  • Emily and her husband once entered a local EGGfest (for Big Green Egg grilling enthusiasts) with friends, winning their category with grilled poundcake, stuffed jalapeño poppers, and more.

Experience

Emily joined the Food Republic news team in 2024. She has worked as an online editor, producer, and writer in the women's lifestyle space for nearly twenty years, beginning with her internship with SouthernLiving.com, leading to a stint as a producer for the AOL Food and AOL home channels. As an elderly millennial, she remembers when MyRecipes.com launched a Facebook business page and discovered Pinterest for the first time. Working on MyRecipes.com gave her invaluable insight into the world of recipe development and a front-row seat to the rapid evolution of food content in the ever-changing digital landscape. Since leaving full-time work in 2014 to stay home with her three children, Emily has continued freelance production, editing, and development for various websites while trying new family-friendly and kid-friendly recipes and perfecting meal planning techniques.

Education

Emily has a bachelor's degree in English and a concentration in Southern Studies from Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina.
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