{"podcast":{"title":"The Perfect Bite","slug":"the-perfect-bite-7237404","podcast_index_feed_id":7237404,"rss_url":"https://feeds.cohostpodcasting.com/hiORgDxR","website_url":"https://www.cohostpodcasting.com","image_url":"https://files.cohostpodcasting.com/quill-file-prod/3619c374-2f55-4f02-9bc6-33f11b7b3c6c/shows/efbee974-5ac7-4494-8e32-d9f5de1dd016/cover-art/original_9dd9af5b71f3102ebe606708ce2ce51e.png","author":"Sarah Perkins","episode_count":72,"summary":"Your fusion of food and entrepreneurship, The Perfect Bite brings you inspiring conversations with chefs, restaurateurs, CPG brand founders, food tech founders, and more in the food and beverage industry, highlighting their experiences and how they've cooked up something new. From emerging brands to established business owners, you'll learn from the best entrepreneurs in food, beverage, hospitality, and agriculture about how they started their businesses, what problems they're solving, the tough times they've overcome, and their best advice for entering these industries or starting your own business. We end each episode with the world's best and hardest question: What is your perfect bite?","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T00:19:00.231574+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-perfect-bite-7237404"},"episode":{"title":"Laura Scherb: Food Photography, Cookbooks and Community","slug":"laura-scherb-food-photography-cookbooks-and-community","published_at":"2026-06-18T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-perfect-bite-7237404/laura-scherb-food-photography-cookbooks-and-community","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-perfect-bite-7237404","url":"https://the-perfect-bite.cohostpodcasting.com/episodes/laura-scherb-food-photography-cookbooks-and-community","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/audio-delivery.cohostpodcasting.com/audio/3619c374-2f55-4f02-9bc6-33f11b7b3c6c/episodes/31bff1a7-f621-4dc7-9abf-0a5fe4b50a51/episode.mp3","summary":"In a world full of AI generated images, there is still nothing quite like a photo that makes you stop scrolling and say: Is that for real? Laura Scherb is the founder of Page and Plate Studio, a food photography and styling business that brings CPG brands, cookbook authors, and editorial projects to life through imagery so textural and rich it practically pops off the page. She is also the co-founder of Kitchen Sink Studio alongside pastry chef Emily Spurlin, a board member of Les Dames d'Escoffier of Chicago, and a two time IACP Photography Award finalist whose still life recreation of a 1600s oil painting stopped Sarah cold the first time she saw it. In this episode, host Sarah Perkins sits down with Laura for a warm and detailed conversation about what it actually takes to create the images that sell cookbooks, CPG products, and entire brands. From two grandmothers who shaped her relationship with food in completely different ways, to dying mashed potatoes green as a kid, to a decade long journey from governmental disaster relief consulting to picking up a Canon Rebel and never looking back, to the strobe lights that finally unlocked her signature style. Laura also pulls back the curtain on what a five day, 35 recipe cookbook shoot actually looks like, how she prices her work fairly for both herself and founders, and why she believes investing in real photography is always worth the wait. Plus a peek into Kitchen Sink Studio's culinary retreats, including an upcoming trip to Normandy with eight women this fall. In this episode, we cover: Two grandmothers, two completely different food philosophies, and how both shaped Laura's path into food Dying mashed potatoes green, pink, and blue as a kid and an early lesson in edible color Studying writing at Carnegie Mellon an…","meta_description":"In a world full of AI generated images, there is still nothing quite like a photo that makes you stop scrolling and say: Is that for real? Laura Scherb is…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3116,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-perfect-bite-7237404/episodes/laura-scherb-food-photography-cookbooks-and-community/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-perfect-bite-7237404/laura-scherb-food-photography-cookbooks-and-community.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}