Taste Canada Authors

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…

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…

Michael Bonacini, Massimo Capra, and Jason Parsons

July 18, 2018

Meet the authors: Michael Bonacini, Massimo Capra and Jason Parsons are co-authors of 3 Chefs

Ann Vanderhoof

July 18, 2018

Ann Vanderhoof: Author of The Spice Necklace Ann Vanderhoof, author of the short-listed title The Spice Necklace, is a former Canadian magazine editor turned writer. With her husband, Steve, she cruises the Caribbean on their 42-foot sailboat, Receta, and writes about our adventures. Steve, a former magazine and book art…

Meeru Dhalwala and Vikram Vij

July 18, 2018

Meeru Dhalwala and Vikram Vij are the authors of Vij’s at Home: Relax Honey, which was short-listed in the English Cookbook Category. Meeru Dhalwala was born in India, and grew up in Washington, DC, where she worked with various interna­tional non-profit organizations on human rights and economic develop­ment projects. Upon…