Food & Drink

In Bad Taste?: The Adventures and Science Behind Food Delicacies

If ever there were an Ace Ventura: Food Detective, it would be University of Guelph food scientist Massimo Marcone, who has, in this compact book, collected some of his globetrotting adventures in search of some ... Read More »

May 18, 2007 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Fresh: Seasonal Recipes Made with Local Ingredients

By John Bishop, Dennis Green

One of life’s little disappointments is seeing the words “seasonal recipes” on the cover of a new cookbook. The four-section, four-season cookbook, with recipes representing the bounties of spring, summer, fall, and winter, has been ... Read More »

May 18, 2007 | Filed under: Food & Drink

The Lesley Stowe Fine Foods Cookbook

By Lesley Stowe

A boom in fine dining in Vancouver over the past 15 years has spawned a small library of excellent cookbooks from master chefs like Rob Feenie, John Bishop, and Karen Barnaby. This fall, two more ... Read More »

November 6, 2006 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Food & Drink

★ Vij’s: Elegant and Inspired Indian Cuisine

By Vikram Vij, Meeru Dhalwala

November 6, 2006 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Red, White, and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass

By Natalie MacLean

Though Natalie MacLean has a fondness for tippling and doesn’t always spit out the many samples she encounters as an award-winning wine writer and accredited sommelier, she makes it clear in Red, White, and Drunk ... Read More »

October 2, 2006 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Piano, Piano, Pieno: Slow Food from a Tuscan Farm

By Susan McKenna Grant

The unusual title of Susan McKenna Grant’s new cookbook, Piano, Piano, Pieno, translates from the Italian as “Slowly, Slowly, Full.” It is a reference to Slow Food, a movement begun in Italy in 1986 aimed ... Read More »

May 1, 2006 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Love in the Time of Cholesterol: A Memoir with Recipes

By Cecily Ross

There is a jarring honesty to this memoir of a couple’s struggle with heart disease. Laid bare are the details of quadruple bypass surgery: pumps and fluids, depression and blood pressure. Cecily Ross – an ... Read More »

March 30, 2006 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Feenie’s: Brunch, Lunch, Dinner

By Rob Feenie

There are two admirable things about Vancouver chef Rob Feenie’s third cookbook, Feenie’s: Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, and one thing not so admirable.The first admirable thing is that Feenie gets out of the way of his ... Read More »

January 11, 2006 | Filed under: Food & Drink

★ Susur: A Culinary Life

By Susur Lee with Jacob Richler

Susur Lee has long been regarded one of the master artists of haute cuisine. This much-deserved status is the result of his highly individualistic vision, which elevates Chinese/French fusion cooking into rarefied art. Thus the ... Read More »

November 18, 2005 | Filed under: Food & Drink

★ Mangoes and Curry Leaves: Culinary Travels Through the Great Subcontinent

By Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

What is left to say about the astonishing husband-and-wife team Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid? Having produced four award-winning cookbooks to date, the two have become something of a culinary phenomenon, perhaps the world’s most ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: Food & Drink

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