CANADIANS + FOOD

Canada is not only a beautiful and desirable place to live, it’s history can be found in cook books and recipes.

Join us as we explore the Canadian culinary landscape.

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Food & Trembling

Looking for a refreshingly irreverent commentary on the food world? Look no further than Montreal’s own culinary maverick, Jonah Campbell. Brace yourself for a wild

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Ants in My Pants

Get ready to embark on a mouthwatering adventure like no other! I recently stumbled upon a remarkable book that will transport you to 156 countries

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Flat Out Delicious

Should you be day tripping through Saskatchewan or want to explore some foodie places off the beaten track while driving through the province, you’ll need

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Don’t Honk Twice

Prince Edward County is located in southern Ontario, east of Toronto and west of Kingston, south of Highway 401. With easy access off the highway,

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Foodshed

We walk through the alphabet with author and chef dee Hobsbawn-Smith who showcases the people and products of Alberta that put food on our tables

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Eat, Leo! Eat!

We met author Caroline Adderson earlier this year when we explored “It Happened on Sweet Street” at https://canadiancookbooks.ca/it-happened-on-sweet-street-2/ Caroline has produced many books for both

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Kitchen Bliss

Author Laura Calder takes us on a culinary journey from her youth and throughout her food and entertaining experience. Starting as a little girl, she

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Colouring Cookies Kits

Heading to the cottage for the long weekend? When the swimming and boating is done for the day, kids can have fun with a little

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The Mermaid Handbook

Calling all mermaids…here’s a handy guide to living your best sea life! With a look at mermaid folklore in The Mermaid Handbook, we learn about

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Power Plants

When I was a little girl, our life on the farm included recycling, eating farm to table seasonal food, and listening to my European family

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Sa Boothroyd Gallery

Seven elves work their magic on the Government Wharf in Gibsons BC to bring smiles to people’s faces every day. Behind the sprites is artist

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Von Slick’s

We’ve all become familiar with infused olive oils and condiments with added flavours, now we find the everyday butter with an added punch. Von Slick’s

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Hot Cross Buns for Everyone

It’s Easter time and what better way to celebrate but with divinely scrumptious hot cross buns. This beautiful book celebrates variations of the recipe from

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Spoil The Dog

During the pandemic, many households introduced furry additions to their families. These pets have quickly become part of the family and we look for ways

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Hardy Apples

When my father got off the post-war ship landing in Nova Scotia, he was shuffled off to the Annapolis Valley where he worked in an

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It Happened on Sweet Street

Author Caroline Adderson has produced a whimsical look at the world of sweet treats with an underlining message. So relevant today, she brings home the

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Collecting Culinaria

Canada has a great treasure trove of historical researchers that compile and write about their area of expertise. This is true in the culinary world

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Chandler Honey

Looking for honey with a little extra twist to it? Chandler Honey has you covered. The creamy honey is infused with different flavours like Orange

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C is for Carnival

While we wait for Carnival parades this summer, we can celebrate other carnivals around the world like Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Port-of-Spain in

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Farming Karma Fruit Co.

I enjoy a glass of fruity sparkling water but find many on the market to be cloyingly sweet. Then along comes Farming Karma with their

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The Awesome Olive

We explored specialty olive oils and balsamic vinegars a few weeks ago – check it out at https://canadiancookbooks.ca/the-olive-oil-vinegar-lovers-cookbook-2/ Then while visiting in Cobourg, ON I

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Good Food, Bad Diet

Author Abby Langer wants you to understand one thing right from the beginning of this book: all food is good and all diets are bad…how’s

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Have You Eaten Yet?

We reviewed Ann Hui’s book, Chop Suey Nation last year as she took us on a Canadian journey of small-town Chinese restaurants with similar menus

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Four Fathers Food Co.

What makes a start-up company in a pandemic successful? Why, four saucy guys that determined to prove the statistics wrong and put their money and

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Talking to Canadians

Cover design credit: Terri Nimmo/Cover photograph credit: Justin Hall I have three favourite Canadian comedians: Ron James, Jonny Harris and Rick Mercer. I’ve watched all

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Conversations in Food Studies

A compilation of essays on food topics compiled and edited by Colin Anderson, Jennifer Brady and Charles Levkoe. This is a tool used in university

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Snacks

Looking for some historical insights into the Canadian snack world? Author Janis Thiessen, associate professor of History and Associate Director of the Oral History Centre

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Abokichi

The foodie buzzword for the past decade is “fusion”. So why not Japan inspired food brand in North America.? That’s what Abokichi did – which

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My Ackee Tree

I love learning the inspiration that gets a chef’s engine running and why they put the gruelling effort into a career that has long hours,

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Feeding My Mother

Our relationship with family is intrinsically wrapped up in food and interchanges in the kitchen and around the dinner table. Canadian singer-songwriter, Jann Arden, brings

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A Piece of Black Cake for Santa

Let me introduce you to an extraordinary author…Yolanda T. Marshall. She is a Guyanese-Canadian who started writing poems at an early age and just kept

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The Science and Spirit of Seaweed

Discovering Food, Medicine and Purpose in the Kelp Forests of the Pacific Northwest. With the onset of sushi popularity, came the fascination with seaweed for

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truLOCAL

When my kids were younger and I was working, the biggest challenge was coming home and trying to figure out what to make for dinner…again!

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