Liz Jaros

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Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
School
Loyola University
Expertise
Party food, Kitchen gardening, Retro recipes
  • Liz earned a Master Gardener certification and completed a CAD landscape design series at Milwaukee Area Technical College.
  • A Midwesterner from a large family who currently works in catering, she excels at feeding a crowd. She uses her horticultural background and gardening expertise to incorporate backyard herbs, greens, peppers, 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 writing home and garden features for Wednesday Journal, Inc newspapers, Chicago Parent magazine, Home Book magazine, and the Marietta Daily Journal. She enjoyed profiling home kitchen renovations, local restaurateurs, and neighborhood food festivals for these publications. She has also contributed weekly articles to Epic Gardening. Her early culinary and mixology chops were formed at Murphy's Bleachers in Chicago, where she grilled, tended bar, and waited tables throughout college. She has since worked in the food service industry as both a catering cook and server while continuing to write freelance for publications like Chowhound.

Education

Liz earned a bachelor's degree in communications at Loyola University in Chicago, with an emphasis in multimedia journalism.

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