Fair Foods: The Most Popular and Offbeat Recipes from America's State and County Fairs

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. He also teaches cooking classes aboard Holland America Lines.For over thirty years, Geary has been a culinary contest judge 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, the San Diego Union Tribune, ABC News, and many more. About the AuthorGeorge Geary is an award-winning chef, best-selling author, and renowned educator. Geary lives i

Fair Foods is not only mouthwateringly addictive, it also captures the joy and spirit of America’s greatest state and county fairs.. Fair Foods is an illustrated cookbook featuring the recipes of the most popular and offbeat food served at state and county fairs across the USA.Packed with 120 original recipes created by award-winning chef, best-selling author, and renowned educator George Geary, Fair Foods includes such state and county fair classics as Texas Maple Bacon Donuts, The World’s Gooiest Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting, Aztec Hot Chocolate, Witch’s Brew, Caramel Kettle Corn, Fried Sweet Potato Sticks, Ten-Pound Cheesebuns, Cheesecake on a Stick, Chocolate-Encased Bacon, Fried Coca-Cola, Fried Guacamole, Fried Oreo Cookies, BBQ Turkey Legs, Bacon-Wrapped Chicken and Waffles, Blue Ribbon Chili, Pork Chop on a Stick, and Spicy Peanut Butter and Jelly Burgers.Each page in Fair Foods is lavishly illustrated with both vintage and contemporary photographs of America’s most beloved fair foods, as well as fun and lively images of rides and attractions and nostalgic ephemera

He is presently the featured chef on the San Diego Living television show on the CW Network. 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. Geary lives in Los Angele

"Oh My God! I think I gained 10 Pounds this weekend!!!" according to OutlawPoet. Oh, this is awesome!If you're on a diet, you need to stay away. Far, far away! And, really, stay away from my house because we have been having so much fun cooking this stuff!The resident nine-year-old and I spent much of this weekend cooking goodies from this book. There are wonderful pictures, easy to follow recipes, great little tips, and so much delicious, high calorie, seriously bad for you food!We made the monte cristo squares, fried Coca Cola (yes, we did!), shakes, and fried guacamole. And we're going to be making so much more.The book i. Best Set of Cookbooks I've Ever owned Sheila I have all of George's cookbooks - each one is a treasure! He is so talented and his books are so interesting (and his recipes easy to follow for a novice cook/baker like me)Do yourself a favor and give yourself a holiday gift of his entire collection.(And now I can't get his cheesecake cookbook out of my thoughts - guess I'd better go make a George cheesecake!)