Gand to appear at Fall Festival

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Updated: September 27, 2011 11:49PM

The 36th annual Deerfield Historical Society Fall Festival will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Deerfield Historic Village, 517 Deerfield Road.

The family-friendly, free event will feature an appearance by celebrity chef Gale Gand, food, historic building tours and a car show. Children can participate in hands-on activities and visit a one-room schoolhouse. Visitors are invited to explore five buildings of historic interest, including the Caspar Ott log house, the oldest building in Lake County (1837).

Enter cookie recipe to compete for prizes in a cookie contest. Bring four dozen cookies and a copy of your recipe by 1:15 p.m. Judging will take place at 1:30 p.m., with Gand, cookbook author and executive pastry chef of TRU and Elawa Farm. Cookies will go on sale to the public to help raise money for the Historic Village. At 2:15 p.m., Gand will demonstrate one of her favorite recipes and hold a book-signing for her cookbooks from 3-4 p.m.

Admission is free. All profits from the Fall Festival will be used to help restore the buildings in the Historic Village.

For information, call (847) 948-0680 or visit www.deerfieldhistoricalsociety.org.