Taste Canada Award Winners |

Each year Taste Canada celebrates the breadth and quality of culinary writing in Canada with its Food Writing Awards.

There are 5 categories for books. In each category, gold and silver medalists are selected.

General Cookbooks

Awarded to the best cookbook that covers a broad spectrum of subjects.

Gold:
Canadian Living: The Ultimate Cookbook by Canadian Living Test Kitchen

Silver:
Seven Spoons: My Favourite Recipes for Any and Every Day by Tara O'Brady
• eBook

Single-Subject Cookbook

Cookbooks in this category focus on a single element of cooking. It may be a single ingredient, method of cooking, specific meal or designated towards a specific audience, college students, for example.

Gold:
The Ocean Wise Cookbook 2: More Seafood Recipes that are Good for the Planet edited by Jane Mundy

Silver:
A Field Guide to Canadian Cocktails by Scott McCallum and Victoria Walsh
• eBook

Regional/Cultural Cookbooks

Cookbooks devoted to a specific region in Canada or to the culinary traditions and/or practices of a specific ethnic group (race, religion, nationality) anywhere in the world.

Gold:
A Taste of Haida Gwaii: Food Gathering and Feasting at the Edge of the World by Susan Musgrave

Silver:
A Spicy Touch: Family Favourites from Noorbanu Nimji's Kitchen by Noorbanu Nimji and Karen Anderson

Culinary Narratives

In short, these books tell stories that are connected to food or beverage in some way. They may discuss history, politics or social aspects of food or may be traditional food-based memoirs or biographies.