Ruth Gangbar

Ruth Gangbar is a food stylist, recipe writer, cook and gardener living full-time near the hamlet of Black River Bridge, outside of Picton. Her decades of freelance work with commercial stills photography in Toronto includes clients like LCBO Food and Drink and Cottage Life magazines, Foodland Ontario, and numerous national brand food packaging clients. You’ll also see her work in cookbooks: County Heirlooms by Natalie Wollenberg and Leigh Nash, Cooking Meat by Peter Sanagan, Fabbricca and Great Food at Home by Mark McEwan.

Known for her relaxed organic style, Gangbar is often heard saying she’s done her job right when it looks like there’s been no food stylist. Behind the scenes, she encourages teamwork, shops, bakes, cooks, works with chefs and producers, sources props, networks, and helps build beautiful scenarios for the camera. Applying her passions for food to support local business has been a goal since Gangbar bought property in the County in 1994. She also bakes a mean pie and loves making preserves, with her popups as Ruth’s Canteen and offgrid cabin rentals.

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