A talk with George Geary: Made in California
- The California-Born Diners, Burger Joints, Restaurants & Fast Food that Changed America
Please join us for a webinar presentation with award-winning chef, best-selling author and renowned educator George Geary. George will make a presentation based on his latest book Made in California.
A&W Root Beer. Foster’s Freeze. IHOP. Der Wienerschnitzel. See’s Candy. Jack in the Box. You name the American food icon, and chances are its roots are in California. George tells the remarkable stories of the early 20th-century food startups that captured America’s hearts and stomachs, from Bob’s Big Boy to McDonald’s, Winchell’s Donuts to In-N-Out, Peet's Coffee to Taco Bell.
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. The webinar will also be recorded and published on our website.
LOCATION
Webinar via Zoom
REGISTRATION
This is a free event but registration is required.
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If you have questions about the event, please email us at lacityhistoryevents@gmail.com.
About George Geary CCP
George Geary is an award-winning chef, best-selling author and renowned educator. A former pastry chef for the Walt Disney Company, Geary is a Certified Culinary Professional, and was recently chosen as the Culinary Educator of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals. He is perhaps best known for creating all of the cheesecakes for The Golden Girls and other top-rated television programs. Geary has worked as a critic and/or judge for ABC’s The Taste with Anthony Bourdain, The American Baking Competition with Jeff Foxworthy, Hell's Kitchen, Supermarket Superstar and many other popular television shows. For over 9 years, George taught classes and conducted tours aboard Holland America Lines; visiting 118 countries and every continent.
For over 30 years Geary has been involved with the judging of culinary contests for major food manufacturers such as Canola Producers, Veg-All, Hormel Foods, the Hershey Company, Knott’s Berry Farm Foods, Ghirardelli Chocolate, Fleischmann’s Yeast, San Diego Union Tribune, ABC News, and many more. From 1982–2010, George was the Culinary Coordinator of the Los Angeles County Fair.
Geary is the author of fifteen cookbooks/food history including: The Cheesecake Bible, The Complete Baking Cookbook, and 125 Best Cheesecake Recipes. Made in California is his next book being released this year. He is presently the featured chef on the San Diego Live news show on the CBS Network. This year he has been “Zooming” his food segments from his home for WGN-TV Chicago, NBC-Tampa Florida and Hallmark’s Home and Family. George lives in Los Angeles.
We are very excited to welcome George back to present. His webinar L.A.’s Legendary Restaurants was one of the most popular webinar presentations we ever had. In case you missed it, the recorded version is available in this blog post.
For more information about George Geary and Made in California, visit his website: : www.georgegeary.com
