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Birch Wasabi Flat Iron Steak with Kimora Rice Cake & Butter Braised Carrots

2025 Cooks the Books presented by Canadian Beef – Assiniboine College

February 10, 2026
Beef Bavette Carne Asada with Arroz Rojo, Salsa Verde and Crispy Tortilla Strips

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Global Canadian Beef Duo with Carrot Essence and Aromatic Rice

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Shank Stew in Rice Tart Shell with Seared Tongue

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Join Taste Canada at the Restaurants Canada Show f Join Taste Canada at the Restaurants Canada Show for an inspiring panel on March 8, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM! (@restaurantscanada)⁠
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✨ Exploring Canadian Cultural Diversity and Our Food Identity⁠
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At Taste Canada, we're passionate about celebrating Canadian culinary voices, sharing real-world knowledge, and creating meaningful connections between authors, home cooks, professional chefs, and the communities we serve. ⁠
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This dynamic panel brings together Canadian culinary professionals and cookbook authors to explore how food shapes identity and influences Canada's evolving culinary culture. Drawn from their expertise and learned through storytelling, community and the diverse tapestry of flavours and techniques, our panellists will share powerful insights on why and how food connects us. ⁠
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Moderated by Chef Devan Rajkumar, join panelists Niloufer Mavalvala, Charmaine Broughton and Len Senater as they discuss how culture, community and storytelling continue to redefine Canadian cuisine. (@chefdevan @nilouferskitchen @charmaine_broughton @thedepanneur)⁠
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🔥 Taste Canada is proud to support the next genera 🔥 Taste Canada is proud to support the next generation of Canadian chefs with educational opportunities for culinary students from across Canada. Each year, student chefs are invited to participate in the Taste Canada Cooks the Books student cooking competition presented by Canada Beef. (@lovecdnbeef)⁠
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The 2025 kitchen battle took place in the beautiful professional kitchen at Cirillo's Academy in Toronto and featured the theme of “Global Flavours Grow in Canada”. (@cirillos.academy)⁠
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All recipes included a cut of AAA Canadian Beef as centre-of-plate, a variety of Lactalis Canada Foodservice dairy products, as well as Dainty Rice. To ensure that the majority of the ingredients in each recipe are grown, produced and/or raised in Canada, the students were invited to use the What’s in Season section of the Canadian Food Focus website as their helpful resource.⁠ Thank you to Prince Edward Island Certified Beef for generously providing the Cooks the Books teams with high-quality Canadian beef to develop, practice and present their recipes. (@lactaliscanadafoodservice @CDNFoodFocus @dainty_foods @peicertifiedbeef)⁠
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This week, we are featuring the GOLD-WINNING Recipe from: ⁠
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🔪 Team Assiniboine College: Alicia Decosse and Presley Kuharski⁠
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🍽️ Their Dish: Birch Wasabi Flat Iron Steak with Kimora Rice Cake & Butter Braised Carrots⁠
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"Pan-seared Flat Iron steak glazed with birch syrup & wasabi, paired with tangy Yogurt Yum Yum, our Manitoba-inspired twist on Japanese BBQ.  Served alongside crispy Kimora rice cakes, butter braised heirloom purple carrots, pickled mushrooms, black sesame crisps and fresh microgreens."⁠
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Get their recipe at the link in our bio!⁠
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📣 Just ONE WEEK LEFT to submit your 2025 culinary 📣 Just ONE WEEK LEFT to submit your 2025 culinary book to be considered for the 2026 Taste Canada Awards!⁠
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Taste Canada will honour up to 20 jury-selected books (five Gold/five Silver winners in English and in French) in the following categories:⁠
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📚️ Health, Lifestyle or Special Diet Cookbooks⁠
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You are eligible if: ⁠
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2. You published a culinary book between Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025⁠
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📣 Les auteurs et éditeurs canadiens : il ne reste qu'une semaine pour envoyer vos soumissions de livres de cuisine canadiens !⁠ ⁠ ⁠
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Taste Canada honorera jusqu'à 20 livres après sélection par notre jury (cinq gagnants médaille d'or et cinq médaille d'argent, dans anglais et français) dans les catégories suivantes :⁠
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📚️ Narrations culinaires⁠ ⁠
📚️ Livres de cuisine générale ⁠
📚️ Livres de cuisine régionale et culturelle⁠ ⁠
📚️ Livres de cuisine sujet unique⁠ ⁠
📚️ Livres de cuisine santé, mode de vie ou d’alimentation particulière⁠
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🗓️ La date limite pour les soumissions est le 9 mars.⁠
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2. Vous avez publié un livre de cuisine ou un livre de littérature culinaire entre 1 janvier 2025 et 31 décembre 2025⁠
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Every Canadian-authored culinary book is a celebra Every Canadian-authored culinary book is a celebration of who we are. They don't just share recipes, they preserve traditions, celebrate our diversity and help define our country's culinary identity.⁠
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Taste Canada is now officially accepting submissions for cookbooks published in 2025. If you’re an author or publisher who has brought a Canadian culinary story to life last year, we invite you to submit your work for consideration.⁠
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This is more than an awards program. This is a year-long celebration of the voices shaping and inspiring Canada’s culinary culture from coast to coast to coast.⁠
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If you published a cookbook in 2025, this is your moment. We can’t wait to discover your story.⁠
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🗓️ The deadline for submissions is March 9, 2026. ⁠
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🔗 Submit your work and be part of this year’s celebration of Canadian food writing.
🔥 Taste Canada is proud to support the next genera 🔥 Taste Canada is proud to support the next generation of Canadian chefs with educational opportunities for culinary students from across Canada. Each year, student chefs are invited to participate in the Taste Canada Cooks the Books student cooking competition presented by Canada Beef. (@lovecdnbeef)⁠
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The 2025 kitchen battle took place in the beautiful professional kitchen at Cirillo's Academy in Toronto and featured the theme of “Global Flavours Grow in Canada”. (@cirillos.academy)⁠
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All recipes included a cut of AAA Canadian Beef as centre-of-plate, a variety of Lactalis Canada Foodservice dairy products, as well as Dainty Rice. To ensure that the majority of the ingredients in each recipe are grown, produced and/or raised in Canada, the students were invited to use the What’s in Season section of the Canadian Food Focus website as their helpful resource.⁠ Thank you to Prince Edward Island Certified Beef for generously providing the Cooks the Books teams with high-quality Canadian beef to develop, practice and present their recipes. (@lactaliscanadafoodservice @CDNFoodFocus @dainty_foods @peicertifiedbeef)⁠
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This week, we are featuring the SILVER-WINNING Recipe from: ⁠
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🔪 Team New Brunswick Community College: Alvin Morris and Megghan Sherritt (@alvin.o.connor @heavykevys)⁠
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🍽️ Their Dish: Beef Bavette Carne Asada with Arroz Rojo, Salsa Verde and Crispy Tortilla Strips⁠
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"Robust with seasoned beef, salsa verde, and pickled shallots, this dish uses Canadian products to represent Global flavours."⁠
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Get their recipe at the link in our bio!⁠
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📸 @picnchu89⁠
📸 @flavourwithbenefits⁠
📸 @authorofyourowndestiny⁠
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Bring a Taste of Dolce Vita to your kitchen with G Bring a Taste of Dolce Vita to your kitchen with Galbani Professionale! This Cheesy Garlic Pull-Apart Bread is the perfect addition to any menu. 🧀⁠
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