Food Styling and Photo Tips with Liza Gershman

Please join us for a special POP IN featuring storyteller, author, and photographer, Liza Gershman.  She will be in Café 300 sharing food styling, photography tips, and have her 19th book, County Fair: Nostalgic Blue Ribbon Recipes from America’s Small Towns available for purchase.

This book showcases close to eighty Blue Ribbon–winning recipes from across America’s state and county fairs, covering all manner of homemade pies and cakes, jams and jellies, pickles, preserves, and sweets, from the classic apple pie, chip chocolate chippers, and lemon meringue to unique snickerdoodles and chokecherry jelly.

• Lists the ingredients that should be in every pantry, a set of standard recipes, plus a state-by-state breakdown
• Lush full-color photography by Liza, highlighting the county fair culture and atmosphere, the people with whom she interviewed, and some of the vintage ephemera unique to each region

The all-American state and county fair tradition is not all carnies, corn dogs, cotton candy, and apple pie. The fair is a place for communities to come together and share some of the most meaningful moments in life that can evoke affection and nostalgia. Liza’s new book is a visual feast―it’s jam-packed with the images, stories, and voices of the folk and tight-knit communities who celebrate this unique slice of Americana each year.

Beautifully illustrated throughout with stunning color photographs of food, vintage, and retro ephemera, showcased here are close to 80 Blue Ribbon–winning recipes from across America’s heartland. What’s not to love about homemade pies and cakes, jams and jellies, pickles, preserves, and sweets! County Fair weaves together a celebration of classic, prize-winning regional specialties, secret tips for stocking your pantry, and the legacy of an American institution.