Food & Drink

Edible City: Toronto’s Food from Farm to Fork

By Christina Palassio and Alana Wilcox, eds.

Edible City addresses the past, present, and future of food in Toronto. Like its predecessors – uTOpia, GreenTOpia, and HTO – the book is a fascinating mix of political advocacy, social history, and reportage. The ... Read More »

February 25, 2010 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Fresh Canadian Bistro

By Craig Flinn

There has long been a shortage of cookbooks that anthologize the recipes of Canadian chefs. Deserving and talented candidates of all ages and from across Canada draw international plaudits, yet to date, most publishers have ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Food & Drink

★ A Year in Lucy’s Kitchen: Seasonal Recipes and Memorable Meals

By Lucy Waverman

Two recent trends in cooking receive the seasonal treatment in splendid new cookbooks this fall. Since the publication of the 100 Mile Diet in 2007, “locavore” cooking – using only ingredients from local producers – ... Read More »

October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Food & Drink

★ Earth to Table: Seasonal Recipes from an Organic Farm

By Jeff Crump and Bettina Schormann

October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen

By David Sax

Save the Deli, by Canadian-born, Brooklyn-based journalist David Sax, should come with a warning: may induce cravings for smoked-meat sandwiches, sour pickles, and chewy rye. Sax’s passion for Jewish food emanates from the pages of ... Read More »

October 16, 2009 | Filed under: Food & Drink

What’s to Eat? Entrées in Canadian Food History

By Nathalie Cooke, ed.

I’ve always wondered why Canadian Thanksgiving takes place in October. Did it have to do with typical anti-Americanism or was there a more profound reason? What’s to Eat? has the answer. At one time, Canadian ... Read More »

October 15, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Food & Drink

The beerbistro Cookbook

By Stephen Beaumont and Brian Morin

Cooking with beer is often considered the domain of drunken bachelors who, in a flash of inspiration, dump a can of Guinness into their chili pot. Since 2003, however, restaurateur Stephen Beaumont and chef Brian ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Ricardo: Meals for Every Occasion

By Ricardo Larrivée

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Food & Drink

French Taste: Elegant Everyday Eating

By Laura Calder

Like her Food Network cooking show, French Food at Home, Laura Calder’s second cookbook, French Taste, is, in essence, a primer on basic Gallic cooking aimed at people who are intimidated by the kitchen. Detractors ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Food & Drink