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My Nova Scotia Cookbook provides a delicious selection of Nova Scotia favourites for all cooks – beginner to experienced. A beautifully illustrated, soft cover cookbook that will take you back to the magic of the East Coast. These traditional recipes were taken straight from the author’s grandmother’s recipe cards and offer a fun way to […]

The life of a lighthouse keeper on the east coast was not an easy one. Isolated on stormy shores, their job was to keep those at sea safe, at any cost. After her father dies in a seafaring accident, eleven-year-old Sara goes to work for the Mosher family helping clean, maintain and keep the light.

Travels, tales and tastes of Atlantic Canada are woven into the words in this book. From Four-Cents Bread to Switchel, from Tipsy Cake to Jailhouse Biscuits, meet characters from the past as they create these dishes, and use this book to guide you to the historic sites where they were cooked. All doors are open

The best crowd-pleasing recipes from popular inns, restaurants, and home kitchens all around Nova Scotia are collected in this unique cookbook. Blending the rich tradition of “down home” cooking with modern and innovative ideas, The Taste of Nova Scotia Cookbook provides mouth-watering recipes for every inclination. Drawing on the many heritages that make up the province, from

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

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

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

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

Take one batch of historic recipes, add a handful of local, inspired chefs, mix well, and serve up a modern version of Nova Scotia culinary history. To create this book, food writer and editor Valerie Mansour reviewed the Nova Scotia Archives’ What’s Cooking? digital collection and, along with their staff, pulled out a cross-section of

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.