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!

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Tunes and Wooden Spoons

The pandemic has changed our lives in many ways, but I love the story of Mary Janet’s response to the isolation we all experienced. Prompted

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The Anime Chef Cookbook

Anime and Japanese food go hand-in-hand. Nadine Estero has brought these two worlds together in this cookbook that not only highlights food but marries each

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Wild Harvest Recipes

For many of us, eating food found in the wild, means game meat and wild blueberries. Les Stroud and Chef Paul Rogalski broadens your world

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My New Table

Although this book is marketed as a cookbook, it is so much more than that…I would call it a lifestyle coffee table book with a

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The Vibrant Caribbean Pot

Do cultural-specific cookbooks intimidate you? If so, chef Chris de la Rosa is here to demystify both recipes and ingredients to assist you in producing

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The Long Table Cookbook

Author and nutritionist Amy Symington provides some wonderful tips to eating more plant-based foods. At this time of year when the farmers’ markets are bursting

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Canada’s Food Island

Prince Edward Island is renowned for its dependency on local farm and sea morsels landing on each Islander’s table. Harnessing the extensive knowledge of the

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A Spicy Touch

When thinking of an epicenter of Indian cuisine, Calgary is not one of the places that immediately springs to mind.  And that’s too bad, because

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Smoking Foods

We met chef Ted Reader earlier this spring when we reviewed his Gastro Grilling cookbook – check it out at https://canadiancookbooks.ca/gastro-grilling/ Now we turn our

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Only in Saskatchewan

Right smack dab in the middle of a pandemic, author Naomi Hansen decided that Saskatchewan hadn’t been given the due it deserved in highlighting the

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