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Win a cookbook that celebrates Nova Scotia’s whole grains at Facebook – $28 L:1/person, Canada only. Ends Sunday, August 16, 2026.

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Enter to win this inspirational story of a bakery in Nova Scotia at Facebook $25, L:1/person, Canada only. Ends Sunday August 2, 2026.

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Delicious desserts, simply made with tasty ingredients, many of us remember fondly from our youth. Our mothers and grandmothers baked cookies, pies, cakes and desserts using recipes passed down through generations. Some lucky cooks have treasured heirloom recipes, preserved and handed down to them, but many have been lost or forgotten along the way. Now

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Favourite recipes from Nova Scotia’s South Shore (Lunenburg, Mahone Bay, Chester, Shelburne and other historic communities) — easy to prepare, with beautiful colour photos. A collection of 60 traditional favourite recipes from the south shore of Nova Scotia, from Peggy’s Cove and beyond. Easy-to-make, down-home cooking from the perfect boiled lobster to traditional creamy clam

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Seasonally inspired cookbook celebrating the iconic local food purveyors, The Lunenburg Farmers’ Market Cookbook celebrates the diverse and delicious food available in Nova Scotia year-round. Taste Canada Award nominee Elisabeth Bailey shares the joys of using local ingredients and the strong sense of community formed at farmers’ markets everywhere in recipes that marry universal cooking tips with

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Gladee’s Canteen, several times voted as one of the ten best restaurants in Canada, was a special example of co-operative and communal spirit. At the centre of the operation were Gladee and her sister Flossie, supported by the extended Hirtle family. They offered a warm welcome and a memorable menu, in a setting brashly open

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Win this deep dive into the iconic Halifax donair at Instagram $23, L:1/person, Canada only. Ends Sunday, July 26, 2026.

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When Steven Laffoley first arrived on the rocky shores of Nova Scotia, he discovered some rather exotic food fare: deep-fried seafoods, oiled crustaceans, and an otherworldly, post-beer, Middle Eastern fusion food called The Donair. They all stimulated the appetite and captured his attention. His interest in how food shaped the people and culture of Nova Scotia grew.

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Now an established regional classic, Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens was first published in 1970 and became an instant hit, selling more copies than any cookbook ever published in the province. A collection of traditional Nova Scotia recipes, the book remains extremely popular today and has proven to be a practical guide as well as a

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