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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A Taste of Acadie

This fascinating book by Marielle Cormier-Boudreau and Melvin Gallant is much more than recipes. The authors researched the cooking (and culture) of the Acadian people

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The Double Happiness

Gong hei fat choy or happy Chinese New Year!  To celebrate this festive time of year in the Chinese community, we thought you’d like to

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300 Bread Machine Recipes

I asked my grown daughter what her favourite food memory was from her childhood and she replied, “bread baking” – the smell enveloping the whole

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The Lighthearted

In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, I worked on the business side of TV Guide & Canadian Living magazines.  On the creative side, were

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Cyprus Cuisine

Cyprus Cuisine is not just a cookbook.  It’s a travelogue that transports you to a Mediterranean island and a time when cooking and eating was

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Brunch Life

It’s Elvis’ birthday this week and we’re celebrating with his favourite foods – milkshake and French toast.  See our Recipe section for the milkshake recipe

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In Grace’s Kitchen

Growing up in Hamilton in the Italian neighbourhood called the colonia, author Vince Argo paints us both a cultural and culinary picture of his youth. 

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Bobbette and Belle

https://bobbetteandbelle.com/ Take two ladies in love with baking and a ton of experience behind them, bring them together and open a bake shop and what

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Cooking Meat

https://sanagansmeatlocker.com/pages/cookbook Who knows the most about meat?  Why a butcher of course!  With two butcher shops in Toronto, Peter Sanagan knows the meat world first

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