Taste Canada Authors
Jo Turner
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,…
Read More about Jo TurnerLES FRENCH CANADIAN PEA SOUP
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…
Read More about LES FRENCH CANADIAN PEA SOUPThe Lobster Trap: The Global Fight for a Seafood on the Brink
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…
Read More about The Lobster Trap: The Global Fight for a Seafood on the BrinkHow to Share an Egg
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…
Read More about How to Share an EggMaple Syrup: A Short History of Canada’s Sweetest Obsession
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…
Read More about Maple Syrup: A Short History of Canada’s Sweetest ObsessionTastes and Traditions
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…
Read More about Tastes and Traditionsandrea’s Favourite Tomato Chutney, From Nana
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…
Read More about andrea’s Favourite Tomato Chutney, From NanaKings of their Own Ocean
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…
Read More about Kings of their Own OceanBottle of the Sexes
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…
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