Cuisine Canada Scene

Review: Just Add Shoyu

Just Add Shoyu: A Culinary Journey of Japanese Canadian Cooking Written by  Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Heritage Committee Published by Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto Just Add Shoyu is not just a cookbook. It is intended to provide a snapshot of our evolving Japanese Canadian community and hopefully, spark conversations about our heritage. The recipes reflect mainly [...]

Revue: À la bonne franquette

À la bonne franquette Marylène Leblanc-Langlois, Lynne Faubert Les Éditions Transcontinental, Montréal, Qc Que cuisine un grand chef à la maison?  Délaissant la toque et les prouesses culinaires, nos 80 chefs-vedettes vous révèlent les recettes toutes simples qui font leur succès auprès de leurs proches: leurs spécialités familiales, les plats dont raffolent les tout petits, [...]

Review: The Boreal Gourmet

The Boreal Gourmet: Adventures in Northern Cooking Written by Michele Genest Published by Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC As much culinary adventure story as cookbook, The Boreal Gourmet combines a portrait of northern life with an exploration of wild or “country” foods in gourmet recipes for the home cook. These recipes are inspired by a diversity [...]

Revue: Cuisiner avec le sirop d’érable du Québec

Cuisiner avec le sirop d’érable du Québec Anne Fortin Les Éditions Cardinal, Montréal, Qc Cuisiner avec le sirop d’érable nous fait découvrir avec plaisir comment les plus grands chefs québécois réinterprètent avec simplicité et originalité l’or gourmand de notre terroir : tarte au sucre et jambon, version traditionnelle, mais aussi verrine à l’érable, cari et [...]

Review: Brew North

Brew North: How Canadians Made Beer & Beer Made Canada Written by Ian Coutts Published by Greystone Books, Vancouver Brew North tells the delightful story of our national beverage, from New France and the British conquest, through Prohibition and the beer parlour era, right up to the rise of the microbreweries. Whether they are cowboys quaffing [...]

Review: The Spice Necklace

The Spice Necklace: A Food-Lover’s Caribbean Adventure Written by Ann Vanderhoof Published by Doubleday Canada, Toronto In a follow-up to the national bestseller An Embarrassment of Mangoes, Ann Vanderhoof and her husband navigate the Caribbean on a sailboat, discovering local culture in each tiny port, and collecting sumptuous original recipes along the way. In The Spice [...]

Review: Zero-Mile Diet

The Zero-Mile Diet: A Year-Round Guide to Growing Organic Food Written by Carolyn Herriot Published by Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC Take a journey through a year of sustainable backyard food production with Carolyn Herriot, one of BC’s top organic gardening gurus. This definitive month-by-month guide brings gardeners into the delicious world of edible landscaping [...]