Best Sellers
January 2007
(These rankings do not include sales from book launches or signings)
  1. Arab
Cooking on a Saskatchewan Homestead Habeeb Salloum
Besides offering a great selection of traditional Middle Eastern recipes, Habeeb
Salloum (From the Land of Figs and Olives, $29.95) documents
a little-known chapter of Canada’s immigrant history - the story of Saskatchewan’s
Depression-era Syrian community. Colour photos. Paper, 316 pp, $29.95.
 2.
Au Pied De Cochon: The Album
Martin Picard
Just when we think that after reading cookbooks every day for the last 23 years
we have seen it all, something comes along that makes us absolutely giddy with
pleasure. This book from the celebrated Montreal restaurant is such a book. Both
the book and the restaurant it chronicles marry traditional Quebecois cuisine
to the French brasserie then immerse it in the wild abandon of a medieval feast.
Day-in-the-life photos and the Steadman/Searle-esque illustrations of Tom Tassel
and Marc Sequin aid and abet the air of unrestrained pleasure. The accompanying
DVD reinforces both the sense of revelry and the inherent respect for the ingredients
and traditions which inform the cooking of Martin Picard. Hardcover, 191 pp.
$74.95.
 3. Cook with Jamie
Jamie Oliver
This latest offering from Jamie Oliver has shot to number one on
the bestseller list since being released this month in the UK. School
lunch reform completed, Jamie is set to improve home cooking. Solid
information and simply sensational recipes, perfectly synthesizing
Oliver's English heritage and River Café Italianate
training, will help any cook build confidence in the kitchen. The
Ultimate Gingerbread recipe is to die for! Colour photos. Hardcover,
447 pp. $64.95.
 4. Best of Heartsmart
Bonnie Stern
At last all those best loved recipes from the Heartsmart series are back with 100 fab new recipes bringing a more global and contemporary feel to this well received edition from Toronto doyen of all things culinary, Bonnie Stern. One of the best brunch sections with healthier options for all your breakfast favourites. Softcover 480pp $34.95.
 5. Lucy's Kitchen
Lucy Waverman
We eagerly await any new book from Lucy Waverman with great anticipation. Lucy’s
home cooking is a magical blend of the simple and sophisticated, informed by
her love of international travel and her Scottish roots. In what is probably
her most personal book, Lucy celebrates the kitchen as the heart of her home.
She also embraces another part of her past - as a cooking teacher - in highlighting
the various techniques and ingredients integral to bringing meals to the table
quickly and tastefully every day. Rob Fiocca’s glorious photography adds
another element of pleasure to a book we will reach for again and again. Hardcover,
288 pp, $39.00.
 6. Rebar Cookbook
Audrey Alsterberg and Wanda Urbanowicz
A landmark cafe in Victoria, this book serves up delicious vegetarian food, even
for those who aren't
vegetarian. Softcover, 256 pp, $29.95.
 7. The Healthy Slow Cooker
Judith Finlayson
Cookbook meets nutrition manual in a collection of sophisticated ready-when-you-are
recipes that include bistro fish soup, Moroccan-style chicken with prunes and
quinoa and chestnut soup. There is a nutritional analysis with each recipe; both
Canadian and American diabetic exchanges are in appendices at the back of the
book. Colour photos. Softcover, 288 pp, $27.95.
 8. Molecular
Gastronomy
Herve This
Here is a must-read for aspiring Blumenthals and Adrias. A collaborator
of Pierre Gagnaire and a pioneer of molecular gastronomy, This explains
the scientific processes behind everyday culinary reactions. A few hydrocarbon
chain diagrams would be welcome but this is still an entertaining read.
Hardcover, 377 pp, $35.95.
9. Recipe for Love: an Ethiopian Cookbook
Aster Belayneh
 10. Cheapeats Toronto
2006 edition
This latest edition of the best selling guide sends the reader to neighbourhood
hidden gems that are also gratefully, inexpensive. Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- no stone is left unturned in the quest for good cheap eats. You will delight
in finding new places to spend your hard earned dollar; indexes are organized
by neighbourhoods as well as cuisines. Also included celebrity favourites,
Olivia Chow's fav? Bright Pearl Restaurant on Spadina. Rick Mercer? The Detroit
Eatery on the Danforth. Softcover, $11.95.
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