2014 Taste Canada Award Winners
English-Language Books / Les livres langue anglaise
Culinary Narratives
The award is given to the best food- or beverage-related narrative written by a Canadian author (or authors). This category may include books exploring culinary history, politics, social awareness, memoir or biography, all relating to food, and may include some representative recipes. In this category, however, recipes (if any) will not be tested. In most cases, the overall style of the book will be narrative, but reference texts will be included in this category as well. The topic or theme need not be Canadian.
Gold
The Stop: How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement. Saul, Nick and Andrea Curtis. Random House Canada
General Cookbooks
The award is given to the best cookbook, written by a Canadian author (or authors), which covers a general range of topics, offering a variety of options to the Canadian cook. Single-subject and Health and Special Diet-related cookbooks are not included in this category, but in the Single-Subject Cookbooks category or Health and Special Diet category.
Gold
The Flavour Principle: Enticing Your Senses with Food and Drink, Waverman, Lucy and Beppi Crosariol, HarperCollins Publishers
Regional / Cultural Cookbooks
The award is given to the best cookbook written by a Canadian author (or authors), which best exemplifies the cooking of a specific terroir or region in Canada, or, the cooking of a specific ethnic group (in terms of race, nationality, or religious heritage) in Canada or around the world.
Gold
Toronto Star Cookbook: More Than 150 Diverse and Delicious Recipes Celebrating Ontario, Bain, Jennifer, Appetite by Random House
Single-Subject Cookbooks
The award is given to the best cookbook written by a Canadian author (or authors), which features a single topic in the culinary world. This category may include books about a specific food, beverage, cooking method, meal and/or target a very specific audience, such as cookbooks written by professional chefs for professional chefs. This category does not include regional/cultural cooking or books related to health and special diets.
Gold
Gastro Grilling: Fired-up Recipes to Grill Great Everyday Meals, Reader, Ted, Penguin Canada Book
Les livres langue française / French-Language Books
Les Narrations Culinaires
Le lauréat sera décerné au meilleur livre sur l’alimentation et/ou la boisson écrit sous forme de narration, écrit par un ou des auteurs canadiens et publié par un éditeur canadien. Cette catégorie peut comprendre des livres explorant l’histoire culinaire, la politique alimentaire, la conscience sociale, un mémoire ou une biographie et, peut comprendre des recettes appuyant l’ouvrage. Dans la plupart des cas, le style du livre est narratif mais peut inclure aussi des livres de références. Le sujet n’a pas besoin d’être nécessairement canadien.
Or
Les saveurs gastronomiques de la bière, Lévesque Gendron, David et Martin Thibault, Éditions Druide
Livres de Cuisine Générale
The award is given to the best cookbook, written by a Canadian author (or authors), which covers a general range of topics, offering a variety of options to the Canadian cook. Single-subject and Health and Special Diet-related cookbooks are not included in this category, but in the Single-Subject Cookbooks category or Health and Special Diet category.
Or
Dans la cuisine de Danny St-Pierre, St Pierre, Danny, Les Éditions La Presse
Livres de Cuisine Sujet Unique
Le lauréat sera décerné au meilleur livre de cuisine, écrit par un ou des auteurs canadiens et publié par un éditeur canadien, qui traite d’un sujet unique dans le monde culinaire canadien. Cette catégorie peut inclure des livres sur un aliment, une boisson, un mode de cuisson, un repas spécifique ou traitant d’un sujet nutritionnel, et/ou ciblant une audience particulière comme des livres de cuisine écrits par des professionnels pour des professionnels. Le livre doit contenir des recettes. Cette catégorie n’inclut pas la cuisine régionale/culturelle.
Or
Les Règles d’or des épices, De Vienne, Philippe et Ethné, Éditions du Trécarré
