Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Expertise
Party food, Potager gardening, Fusion cuisine
- A Midwesterner from a large family, Liz excels at feeding a crowd with throwback casseroles, resourceful soups, crockpot staples, and an arsenal of cream cheese-based dips and appetizers.
- Liz uses her horticultural background and gardening expertise to incorporate backyard herbs, greens, peppers, tomatoes (so many tomatoes!), and cucumbers into her recipes.
- With 20+ years of home and garden writing in her portfolio, Liz has learned to appreciate the art of entertaining, the pride of working the earth, and the joy of feeding others.
Experience
Liz began her career in the newspaper and magazine industry, writing lifestyle features for Wednesday Journal, Inc., Chicago Parent magazine, Home Book magazine, and the Marietta Daily Journal. She enjoyed profiling home kitchen renovations, local restaurateurs, and neighborhood food festivals. She has also contributed weekly articles to Epic Gardening. Her culinary and mixology chops were formed during a three-year stint as a grill cook-slash-bartender at Murphy's Bleachers in Chicago, where she learned the value of a limited menu and a welcoming, well-lit room.
Education
Liz earned a bachelor's degree in communications at Loyola University in Chicago, with an emphasis in multimedia journalism. She also earned a master gardener certification, completed a CAD landscape design series at Milwaukee Area Technical College, and took advanced coursework related to growing/maintaining herbs, fruits, vegetables, and decorative/edible flowers.
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