The Buzz...About Books

Sink your teeth into these books about food.  The Taste Canada Food Writing Awards celebrate excellence in culinary writing.  Awards are presented in the following categories:

Culinary Narratives

The Boreal Herbal: Wild Food and Medicine Plants of the North by Beverley Gray
Leslie Beck's Longevity Diet: the Power of Food to Slow Aging and Maintain Optimal Health and Energy by Leslie Beck
Unquenchable: a Tipsy Quest for the World's Best Bargain Wines by Natalie MacLean

General Cookbooks

Chef Michael Smith's Kitchen by Michael Smith
Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal by Jennifer McLagan
Whitewater Cooks with Friends by Shelley Adams

Regional/Cultural Cookbooks

Made in Italy by David Rocco
Market Chronicles: Stories and Recipes from Montreal's Marché Jean-Talon by Susan Semenak
The Ontario Table: Food from Across the Province by Lynn Ogryzlo

Single-Subject Cookbooks

Preserving: a Resource Cookbook for Home Canning and Freezing by Pat Crocker
Spilling the Beans by Julie Van Rosendaal and Sue Duncan
We Sure Can! How Jams and Pickles are Reviving the Lure of and Lore of Local Food by Sarah B. Hood

A list of this year's French language nominees can be found here. 

The winners will be announced on November 5.