Taste Canada Authors

Jo Turner

October 16, 2026

Jo Turner is an artist and illustrator based in Canada, who is known for her concept-driven editorial, colourful surface pattern and whimsical children’s book illustrations.  Jo’s work has been featured in the New York Times, New York Review of Books, National Geographic Kids, Washington Post, LA Times, Globe and Mail,…

LES FRENCH CANADIAN PEA SOUP

October 1, 2026

Steak, blé d’Inde, patates retrace l’histoire de la gastronomie québécoise à travers ses nombreux moments clés : l’héritage autochtone, l’âge d’or de la cuisine française, l’Expo 67, l’invention du four à micro-ondes, l’encyclopédie de Jehane Benoît, les vagues d’immigration, la cuisine à la télé, la montée des chefs vedettes et plus…

The Lobster Trap: The Global Fight for a Seafood on the Brink 

August 31, 2026

Follow Greg on IG / X A page-turning examination of how a multi-billion dollar industry creates enormous wealth and endless heartache, at a time when climate change, swings in the market, and greed are impacting fishermen’s livelihoods in new and dramatic ways. Lobster has been a phenomenal success story, with…

How to Share an Egg

August 26, 2026

A moving culinary memoir about the relationship between food and family—and sustenance and survival—from a chef, award-winning Canadian journalist, and daughter of a Holocaust survivor. How to Share an Egg by Bonny Reichert is a journey of deep flavors and surprising contrasts. By turns sweet, salty, sour, and bitter, this…

Maple Syrup: A Short History of Canada’s Sweetest Obsession

August 13, 2026

Blending history, culture and science in a story that stretches from eastern Canada and into the northeastern US, Maple Syrup stands as a testament to the resilience, communal joy and economic intricacies that define maple syrup, and is the perfect read for anyone who loves Canada, its heritage and the…

Tastes and Traditions

July 28, 2026

Tastes and Traditions uncovers how menus—those fleeting records of meals—capture changing tastes, social values and cultural identities across centuries. Praised as a “dazzling volume” (Darra Goldstein), “brilliantly illustrated and argued” (Dan Bender), and “a work of art, stimulating the imagination as well as the appetite” (Jeffrey Pilcher), the book whets…

andrea’s Favourite Tomato Chutney, From Nana

August 13, 2025

When I was growing up, I spent a lot of time with my grandparents, who both immigrated to Canada from England after the Second World War. My grandfather had a large organic garden in the backyard—he was an early reader of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring—and my nana cooked and preserved…

Kings of their Own Ocean

November 18, 2024

Kings of Their Own Ocean is an urgent investigation that combines science, business, crime, and environmental justice. Through Karen Pinchin’s exclusive interviews and access, interdisciplinary approach, and mesmerizing storytelling, readers join her on boats and docks as she visits tuna hot spots and scientists from Portugal to Japan, New Jersey…

Bottle of the Sexes

September 11, 2024

In her memoir Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much, author Natalie MacLean offers readers a taste of sexist wine marketing. — Dundurn Press Ltd. Follow Natalie on IG / FB / X The message on some wine bottles is that women…