History
In Grace's Kitchen
By Vince Agro
Pour yourself a glass of red wine and settle in for this collection of stories and recipes from author Vince Agro. Centred around his mother's kitchen table, "from where she steered the family as if the captain of a ship," we learn of his father's butcher shop, collecting dandelions, ... Read more
Lost Feast
By Lenore Newman
“Edifying and entertaining. ” — Foreword Reviews, starred review
Taste Canada Silver Award Winner and finalist for the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Award
A rollicking exploration of the history and future of our favorite foods
When we humans love foods, we ... Read more
Sir John's Table
By Lindy Mechefske
Winner, Taste Canada Gold Medal for Culinary Narrative
Commemorating the two-hundredth anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald's birth, Sir John's Table is a refreshing look at Canada's first prime minister.
Sir John's Table traverses the colourful life of Macdonald, from his passage ... Read more
Taste of Acadie
By Marielle Cormier-Boudreau & Melvin Gallant
Illustrated by Michiel Oudemans
For A Taste of Acadie, Melvin Gallant and Marielle Cormier-Boudreau travelled all over Acadia, from the Gaspé Peninsula to Cape Breton, from the tip of Prince Edward Island to the Magdalen Islands, and around northern New Brunswick and southern Nova Scotia. They gathered the ... Read more
Work of Her Hands, The
By Plynn Gutman
The Work of Her Hands is Plynn Gutman's effort to capture the stories of her grandmother's life and to recreate a way of life that has all but vanished from our memories. Marie Anne Lacaille would have said she was an ordinary woman, but to her granddaughter and her family, she ... Read more