Food & Drink

The Table Comes First: Family, France and the Meaning of Food

Adam Gopnik’s latest collection of essays examines the “question of food.” Best known as a writer for The New Yorker and now the author of the 2011 CBC Massey Lectures, Gopnik is a self-professed Francophile. ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Food & Drink

★ The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts

By David McMillan, Frédéric Morin, and Meredith Erickson

Canada does not have a great track record when it comes to cookbooks inspired by our best restaurants. Indeed, for every Canadian restaurant that has published an accompanying cookbook domestically, one could name five deserving ... Read More »

February 7, 2012 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Everyday Exotic, the Cookbook: It’s About Flavour

By Roger Mooking

Born in Trinidad, Roger Mooking grew up in Edmonton and now lives in Toronto. The title of his first cookbook, Everyday Exotic, refers to his bifocal perspective on food in Canada. As explained in the ... Read More »

November 15, 2011 | Filed under: Food & Drink

★ Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal

By Jennifer McLagan

With Odd Bits, Jennifer McLagan continues the peculiar carnivorous journey she began in her first two cookbooks, Bones and Fat (a Q&Q book of the year for 2009). Those earlier books – especially the second ... Read More »

September 26, 2011 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Everyday Flexitarian: Recipes for Vegetarians & Meat Lovers Alike

By Nettie Cronish and Pat Crocker

One of the more annoying problems plaguing gastronomy is a fickle public’s appetite for trends. (Remember how low-carb was going to change the world?) The latest dietary fad is the awkwardly named “flexitarianism,” which is ... Read More »

May 11, 2011 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Taste Buds and Molecules

By François Chartier

The authors of 3 Chefs are all highly regarded toques. Michael Bonacini co-owns a slew of Toronto-area restaurants, including the top-rated Canoe and the family-friendly Oliver & Bonacini chain. Massimo Capra, owner of Mistura and ... Read More »

January 25, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Food & Drink

Great Food at Home

By Mark McEwan

January 25, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Food & Drink

★ 3 Chefs: The Kitchen Men

By Michael Bonacini, Massimo Capra, and Jason Parsons

January 25, 2011 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Food & Drink

Eating Chinese: Culture on the Menu in Small Town Canada

By Lily Cho

Turning a Ph.D. thesis into a general interest book has its challenges. If a dissertation is written for a group of examiners, particularly in an area as abstract as cultural studies, what appears on the ... Read More »

November 16, 2010 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Locavore: From Farmers’ Fields to Rooftop Gardens – How Canadians Are Changing the Way We Eat

By Sarah Elton

It’s nearly impossible to go to a fashionable restaurant in Canada and not encounter the local food movement. Menus these days are loaded with adjectives specifying the geographic origin or pedigree of the foods on ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Food & Drink

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