Taste Canada has announced it’s considerable shortlist of titles for the 2023 Taste Canada Awards, with 41 nominations in five English-language and five French-language categories: culinary narrative, general cookbooks, regional/cultural cookbooks, single-subject cookbooks, and health or special diet cookbooks.

Winners will be announced at a live event on Monday, October 30th, 2023. Taste Canada is a not-for-profit organization that has presented awards for the best Canadian food writing since 1998. Shortlisted titles in the French-language categories can be found at the Taste Canada website.

The English-language shortlists are:

Culinary Narratives

• Cooking Tips for Desperate Fishwives: An Island Memoir by Margot Fedoruk (Heritage House Publishing)
• Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World by Cheuk Kwan (Douglas & McIntyre)
• My Ackee Tree: A Chef’s Memoir of Finding Home in the Kitchen by Suzanne Barr with Suzanne Hancock (Penguin Canada/Penguin Random House Canada)
• Recipes and Reciprocity: Building Relationships in Research by Hannah Tait-Neufeld and Elizabeth Finnis, eds. (University of Manitoba Press)
• What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings by John Lorinc, ed. (Coach House Books)

General Cookbooks

• Don’t Worry, Just Cook: Delicious, Timeless Recipes for Comfort & Connection by Bonnie Stern and Anna Rupert (Appetite by Random House/Penguin Random House Canada)
• Make Every Dish Delicious: Modern Classics and Essential Tips for Total Kitchen Confidence by Lesley Chesterman (Simon & Schuster Canada)
• More Mandy’s: more recipes we love by Mandy Wolfe, Rebecca Wolfe, and Meredith Erickson (Appetite by Random House/PRHC)
• The Best of Bridge Everyday Celebrations by Sylvia Kong and Emily Richards (Robert Rose)
• The Lemon Apron Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes for the Curious Home Cook by Jennifer Emilson (Appetite by Random House/PRHC)

Regional/Cultural Cookbooks

• Langdon Hall: A Cookbook by Jason Bangerter and Chris Johns (Penguin Canada/PRHC)
• New Indian Basics: 100 Traditional and Modern Recipes from Arvinda’s Family Kitchen by Preena Chauhan and Arvinda Chauhan (Appetite by Random House/PRHC)
• Only in Saskatchewan: Recipes & Stories from the Province’s Best-Loved Eateries by Naomi Hansen (TouchWood Editions)
• Peak Season: 12 Months of Recipes Celebrating Ontario’s Freshest Ingredients by Deirdre Buryk (Appetite by Random House/PRHC)
• Where the River Narrows: Classic French and Nostalgic Québécois Recipes From St. Lawrence Restaurant by J-C Poirier with Joie Alvaro Kent (Appetite by Random House/PRHC)

Single-Subject Cookbooks

• Caesar Country: Cocktails, Clams & Canada by Aaron Harowitz and Zack Silverman (Appetite by Random House/PRHC)
• Fermenting Made Simple: Delicious Recipes to Improve your Gut Health by Emillie Parrish (TouchWood Editions)
• Great Scoops: Recipes from a Neighborhood Ice Cream Shop by Marlene Haley, Amelia Ryan, and Anne DesBrisay (Figure 1 Publishing)
• The Artful Pie Project: A Sweet and Savoury Book of Recipes by Denise Marchessault and Deb Garlick (Whitecap Books)
• The Miracle of Salt: Recipes and Techniques to Preserve, Ferment, and Transform Your Food by Naomi Duguid (Artisan Books/Hachette Book Group)

Health or Special Diet Cookbooks

• Butter and Flower: Cannabis-Infused Recipes and Stories for the Cannacurious by Ann Allchin (TouchWood Editions)
• Good for Your Gut: A plant-based digestive health guide and nourishing recipes for living well by Desiree Nielsen (Penguin Canada/PRHC)
• PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious, Plant-Based, Oil-Free Recipes by Carleigh Bodrug (Hachette Go/Hachette Book Group)
• The Edgy Veg Easy Eats by Candice Hutchings (Robert Rose)
• The Two Spoons Cookbook: More Than 100 French-Inspired Vegan Recipes by Hannah Sunderani (Penguin Canada/PRHC)