Canadian Cooking

Hollyhock Cooks: Food to Nourish Body, Mind and Soil

Imagine a luxury retreat center nestled in the tall forest of an island paradise where the sea laps at the beach below. Now add the most delicious food imaginable, created by a host of talented artist-cooks using vegetables and flowers gathered from the center’s lush gardens, and presented with delicate care. Then think of the most well-known names …

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Fresh Canadian Bistro: Top Canadian chefs share their favourite recipes

Top chefs across Canada are reinventing bistro cooking, using the best of seasonal, local ingredients in creative menus with innovative, affordable dishes that are relatively simple to prepare. Catering to the way that Canadians are shopping and cooking now, the recipes in Fresh Canadian Bistro showcase the quality and flavours of market fresh and locally obtained seafood, meats, …

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Maple Syrup: Recipes from Canada’s best chefs from coast to coast (Flavours Cookbook)

Innovative dishes featuring Canada’s favourite all-natural sweetener – maple syrup.These enticing maple syrup recipes have been created by master chefs in fine restaurants across Canada. They have been adapted and tested for home cooks. The book offers a full gastronomic experience, with recipes for breakfast, side dishes, appetizers, main dishes, and, of course, desserts. For breakfast there is …

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My Grandma’s Vintage Recipes: Old Standards for a New Age

Regain the wisdom and creativity of our ancestors who were experts at whipping up something special with tight budgets and limited supplies. You may not be able to find the “10-cent bag of marshmallows” anymore, but modern cooks can still benefit from this collection of 1920s vintage recipes collected by my late Grandmother. In 2012 I discovered her …

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Pumpkin & Squash: Recipes From Canada’s Best Chefs (Flavours Cookbook)

Many of Canada’s best chefs are now celebrate fall with pumpkin and squash dishes on their menus. In this new addition to the Flavours collection of cookbooks, Elaine Elliott and Virginia Lee offer a tantalizing array of recipes drawn from fine restaurants across the country. These include Pumpkin Cream Cheese French Toast (Keltic Lodge, Ingonish, NS), Baked Sugar …

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Nancy Enright’s Canadian Herb Cookbook

Ancient Greeks and Romans revered fresh herbs for their supernatural powers; they continue to do their magic in Canadian kitchens today. Nancy Enright’s Canadian Herb Cookbook collects recipes that showcase the distinctive flavours of 22 herbs readily available in Canada.There are familiar recipes and combinations, such as mint sauce and bouquet garni–but the pleasures of cooking with herbs …

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Rose Murray’s Canadian Christmas Cooking: The Classic Guide to Holiday Feasts

Think back to your favourite Christmas food memory. Perhaps it was the first turkey you dressed and baked yourself; the sweet smell of cranberries ladled onto your plate; or the mouth-watering anticipation of finally getting to taste your grandparent’s signature pie. First published in 1979, Rose Murray’s Canadian Christmas Cooking likely had a hand in those holiday food …

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