Arab Cooking on Saskatchewan Homesteads: Recipes And Recollection (Trade Books based in Scholarship)
In this unique cookbook, over 200 recipes and the author’s recollections from childhood combine to tell the story of Saskatchewan’s Syrian community, who thrived on the prairies during the Depression by growing their traditional dryland crops. These traditional foods — such as yogurt, chickpeas, and burghul — were, at the time, virtually unknown to their fellow homesteaders; today, …
Two friends. Five months. One car. Ten provinces. Three territories. Seven islands. Eight ferries. Two flights. One 48-hour train ride. And only one call to CAA. The result: over 100 incredible Canadian recipes from coast to coast and the Great White North.In the midst of a camping trip in Squamish, British Columbia, Lindsay Anderson and Dana VanVeller decided …
The taste of Ontario garlic is as rich and varied as its history. Used mainly for medicinal purposes in the nineteenth century, people turned up their noses at the aromatic bulb as it became associated with new immigrants. The once acceptable ingredient became undesirable in church and schoolkids who smelled of garlic were sent home. Pioneering chefs, farmers …
Lynn Crawford’s Pitchin’ In: 100 Great Recipes From Simple Ingredients
Lynn Crawford’s Pitchin’ In chronicles Chef Lynn Crawford’s road trip across North America, describing the people she meets, the land, and of course, the food. She travels from the Bay of Fundy, where some of the finest lobster in the world is caught, to Vancouver Island to haul in trap after trap of the best Dungeness crab …
Sir John’s Table: The Culinary Life and Times of Canada’s First Prime Minister
Commemorating the two-hundredth anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald’s birth, Sir John’s Table is a refreshing look at Canada’s first prime minister. Sir John’s Table traverses the colourful life of Macdonald, from his passage as a young Scottish boy in the steerage compartment aboard the Earl of Buckinghamshire to his new home in Kingston, Upper Canada. It traces …
Best Recipes of the Maritime Provinces: The best tasting recipes from home cooks and leading chefs
Maritime cooking starts with great local produce–lobster, scallops, oysters, blueberries, apples, cranberries, maple syrup, and more. There are treasured traditional dishes–hodge podge, baked beans, gingerbread, blueberry grunt–as well as the simple but delicious lobster boil. Leading chefs like Craig Flinn of Halifax’s Chives restaurant, Michael Howell of The Tempest in Wolfville, and many others have come up with …
The variety and quality of Canadian cheeses has never been so high nor has it been so popular. New handcrafted cheeses continue to emerge to critical acclaim, winning international awards. At the 2013 Global Cheese Awards in England, an aged Lankaaster by Glengarry Cheesemaking in the small town of Lancaster, Ontario was declared “Supreme Global Champion.” …
Organic Homemade Lotion Recipes: How To Make Your Own Body Lotions For All Skin Types
The first step in picking out the correct products and in making homemade creams and a lotion is to use something that’s right for you. Depending on your age, diet and genetics you will primarily fall into one of the following 5 skin types: 1. Normal Skin The simplest to maintain normal skin has little to no …
To celebrate 40 years of culinary creativity and recipe precision, the Canadian Living Test Kitchen have brought together 300+ of their must-have, must-cook recipes. From appetizers to desserts—and everything in between—this is the ultimate Canadian Living cookbook, celebrating the modern, fresh and healthy way Canadians like to eat.Winner of the Taste Canada Gold, general cookbooks In this book, …
Out of New Nova Scotia Kitchens: Best-loved East Coast dishes for today
There are many great classics of down-home Maritime cooking, handed down for generations. Based on fresh, local, plentiful produce, these are dishes that Maritimers and visitors alike love.As a champion of Nova Scotia cooking and the local food movement, Craig Flinn has enjoyed these dishes all his life. In his new cookbook, he offers great new ways for …