The Good Founding member, Anita Stewart, has been awarded the Order of Canada “for her contributions as a journalist, author and culinary activist and for her promotion of the food industry in Canada.” Over the years, two of Stewart’s cookbooks — The Flavours of Canada and Anita Stewart’s Canada — won Gold at the Canadian [...]
Mon, Sep 19, 2011
Les recettes de Papilles et Molécules François Chartier, Stéphane Modat Les Éditions La Presse, Montréal, Qc Les Recettes de Papilles et Molécules propose des recettes toutes illustrées par de saisissantes photos du duo MC2, une quarantaine d’illustrations d’ambiance signées Pierre Bouchard, le tout accompagné de notes de François Chartier expliquant l’inspiration de la recette et [...]
Mon, Sep 19, 2011
Meeru Dhalwala and Vikram Vij are the authors of Vij’s at Home: Relax Honey, which was short-listed in the English Cookbook Category. Meeru Dhalwala was born in India, and grew up in Washington, DC, where she worked with various international non-profit organizations on human rights and economic development projects. Upon moving to Vancouver to join [...]
Fri, Sep 16, 2011
Flavours of Prince Edward Island is co-authored by Jeff McCourt, Allan Williams and Austin Clement. It’s short-listed in the Canadian Culinary Culture category. Island-born Jeff McCourt is the vice president of the PEI Association of Chefs and Cooks. Jeff served as sous chef to Chef Michael Smith for five years before becoming executive chef at [...]
Thu, Sep 15, 2011
Seasonings began with a January email from Nelson Library adult services coordinator Anne DeGrace to Kootenay Co-op marketing manager Jocelyn Carver. As editors of what developed into a community project, neither is willing to take credit, except to say that Anne loves writing and Jocelyn loves food, and vice versa — and so a literary [...]
Wed, Sep 14, 2011
Just Add Shoyu is short-listed in the Canadian Culinary Culture category. It is a community-authored cookbook, sponsored by the Heritage Committee of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. Its creation and development involved more than 50 volunteers who contributed their time and expertise to work with the recipes and stories submitted by Japanese Canadians from across Canada. This [...]
Tue, Sep 13, 2011
Michele Genest is the author of the short-listed title, The Boreal Gourmet. Genest discovered cooking that celebrates northern ingredients at the Chocolate Claim kitchen in Whitehorse. Here, along with other transplanted cooks, she met cooks who brought their experience and travels to bear on the food that surrounded them. She has written about food and dining [...]
Mon, Sep 12, 2011
Ian Coutts is the author of the short-listed title Brew North. An eclectic writer, some of this several books include Titanic: The Last Great Images (with Robert Ballard), Backyard Birds (with Robert Bateman), and The Ultimate Guys’ Q and A (released in the United States as Do Nymphomaniacs Really Exist?). His writing has appeared in Toronto Life, Canadian Geographic, The Globe and Mail, and Quill and [...]
Monday, January 30, 2012
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