Celebrating 20 years...
Here's our 20 favourites
The Joy of Cooking (1973 edition)
Irma Rombauer & Marion Rombauer Becke
One of the most trusted cookbooks of our time. The original how to
cook everything and do everything related to food.
Cuisine of the Sun
Mirielle Johnson (out of print)
Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
Marcella Hazan
If you are only going to buy one Italian cookbook, this is the one to have. Marcella's
simple and straightforward recipes will appeal to both beginners and aficionados,
and there's lots to work with. Line drawings and clear discussion lead you through
the whys and hows. $37.50.
 Bistro Cooking
Patricia Wells
Over 200 easy, rustic recipes that have been inspired by housewives, farmer,
neighbourhood restaurants and others who live the bistro way of life. Stories,
tips and locations of fabulous French bistro fare.
On Food & Cooking:
The Science & Lore of the Kitchen
Harold McGee
A fascinating book that explains how and why cooking works, with
historical and literary anecdotes and mind-boggling photos of food taken
through an electron microscope.
A true classic for foodies and armchair scientists alike. 684 pages.
$32.50.
 Classic Home Desserts
Richard Sax
Another of our favourites. This is a book you will come back to again and again.
Whether your cravings run to fancy cakes or simple cookies, Richard Sax's chatty
introductions will make you want to try many desserts beside those you came looking
for. $55.00.
The Way to Cook
Julia Child
Julia combines classic techniques with American free style, along with a plethora
of colour photos and side notes. An icon in the world of food and beloved by
us for her visits to the store over the years.
  A Year in My Kitchen
Rose Murray
The best of 25 years of mouth-watering recipes from one of Canada's best food writers.
"A year in my kitchen is an invitation to draw up a chair in Rose's kitchen
and partake of the pleasures of her cooking." -- Elizabeth Baird, Canadian
Living Magazine. $17.95.Recipe: Plum
Clafouti with Cognac Cream.
Couscous and Other Good Foods of Morocco
Paula Wolfert
Thirty years later and still a classic reference on one the world's finest cuisines.
Every chapter begins with a brief introduction and history of the cuisine's origin.
Just as enjoyable a read as it is a cookbook.
Simply Heartsmart Cooking
Bonnie Stern
In collaboration with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada,
Bonnie creates healthy, light recipes that are flavourful, delicious and good
for you. Flavour
and healthy in the same sentence Bonnie does it
successfully.
Appetite
Nigel Slater
Oh joy! Oh bliss! New Nigella, New Nigel all in one season. This time Slater devotes
less space to recipes and more to theory-flavour pairings, for example, the better
to expand our kitchen repertoires. Colour photos. Recipe: A
winter supper to revive and restore.
The Pleasures of Your Food Processor
Norene Gilletz
Also, more recently known as the Food Processor Bible. Hundreds of recipes practical
tips and techniques on how to make your food processor your kitchen assistant.
The New Basics Cookbook
Julee Rosso & Sheila Lukins
Before Joy of Cooking was revised in 1997 we used to say New Basics was the Joy
of Cooking for the 1990s. Over 900 recipes from basic to sophisticated with an
easy to follow layout. Packed with menu ideas, at-a-glance charts, entertaining
suggestions, glossary and more.
Much Depends on Dinner
Margaret Visser
Margaret Visser looks at the evolution of the western eating ritual, from invitations
to seating to table manners. Examples are taken from ancient Greece to modern
times. You will look at your dinner companions in a whole new light!
Classic Canadian Cooking
Elizabeth Baird
A compendium of the British influenced Canadian cooking, its 1974 publication
confirmed Canada had a distinct cuisine. The preserves, butter tarts and tomato
soup are true classics.
Martha Stewart's Hors D'Oeuvre Handbook
Martha Stewart
Say what you will (and we all do) about Martha, she and her minions are hard to beat
on the entertaining front. From exquisite canapes to downhome chicken wings, Martha
has fingerfood covered, and the drinks to go with. The bonus here is a really well-made
book with not just one but two ribbons to mark your place, one for the photo section,
one for the recipes. Hard cover, colour pictures of everything! 1999. $47.95.
 Muffin Mania (out of print)
Cathy Prange & Joan Pauli
You can make muffins with beer! 3 c. all purpose flour; 5 tsp. baking powder; 1/2
tsp.salt; 3 tbsp. white sugar; 1 bottle beer. Put dry ingredients into a bowl, pour
in beer, mix, bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes. Sprinkle with grated cheddar and eat.
Wicked!! $9.95.
The Canadian Living Cookbook
Carol Ferguson (out of print)
 Home for Dinner
Lucy Waverman
Like her enourmously popular Dinner Tonight
$24.95, Lucy Waverman's latest book is awash in both the common and the familiar.
Flip through the book and discover that even the ubiquitous zucchini can be exciting
again. With a nod to the slow food movement, a dash of the Middle East, a pinch of
India, Waverman translates the trends without frightening off the timid cook. 218 pp. $29.95. Recipe: Pork
Tenderloin with Rhubarb Sauce .
In the Sweet Kitchen
Regan Daley
Written by our former colleague, Regan Daley, this is a book near
and dear to our hearts. Before she worked with us, Regan worked as
a pastry chef. Here she shares
her knowledge of the equipment, techniques, and ingredients that
make up the 'Sweet
Kitchen'. Included are lists of tried and true flavour combinations. Mouth-watering
recipes that follow illustrate the soundness of those combinations.
Colour photos. The book recently won the IACP Cookbook of the Year Award for
2001. $60.00. Recipe:
Poppyseed Angel Food Cake
with Grapefruit Curd.
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