BOOK REVIEWS
I love cookbooks, because they are telepathic; a direct link to the minds who thought it wise to pen their experiences.
Reading recipes is exploring the past, and bringing those sights and smells into existence (and adjusting to suit the needs of my family!) is one of my core passions.
I hope you’ll find my book reviews informative and enlightening, from my kitchen to yours!

25 Essential Caribbean Curry Dishes
Chris De La Rosa’s 25 Essential Caribbean Curry Dishes reads less like a cookbook and more like a love letter to Indo-Caribbean kitchens. From the

Gather Together
There are cookbooks you flip through for a recipe, and then there are cookbooks you linger over with a cup of tea, plotting your next

Some Good: Sweet Treats
If you’re like me and adore baking desserts but are constantly tinkering with recipes to make them a little kinder to your body, then Some

Twisted Fork Preserves Co. Cookbook
If a cookbook can taste like a place, Twisted Fork Cookbook (written in both English and French) by the company’s chief preserver Debra Poulin tastes

Everyone Hot Pot
If you’re drawn to the kind of cooking that doesn’t just fill plates but also fills hearts, Everyone Hot Pot: Creating the Ultimate Meal for

108 Asian Cookies
When was the last time you opened a cookbook and felt instantly hungry, nostalgic, curious, and inspired all at once? That’s the experience of leafing

Made in Italy
If there’s one cookbook that feels more like a travel guide than a recipe collection, it’s David Rocco’s Made in Italy. Known for his warm

All the Sweet Things
Just in time for Valentine dessert inspirations, Renée Kohlman provides us with All the Sweet Things: Baked Goods and Stories from the Kitchen of SweetSugarBean.

Good Food, Healthy Planet
When I was young, I lived on a farm with my European parents who brought many of their old-country ways with them. Composting, burning paper

The Nourished Mother
Every so often, a cookbook comes along that feels less like a collection of recipes and more like a warm hand on your back —

Cooking Vegetarian
If Becoming Vegetarian (see Canadians + Food tab) is the thoughtful roadmap into plant-based living, Cooking Vegetarian by Vesanto Melina and Joseph Forest is the

Cape Breton Island Traditional Recipes
From the first pages of Cape Breton Island Traditional Recipes, you can sense that this book isn’t just about food — it’s about memories, roots,