Reviewed Cookbooks
Looking for a new cookbook to add to your collection? If the answer is yes, you've arrived at the right place. In this section, you'll find our reviews of new and popular cookbooks.
We'll tell you what we liked about them and what we didn't, and ultimately whether we think they're worth adding to your bookshelf.
All Stirred Up. Over 150 of the Best Recipes from the Women's Culinary Network
Author: Women's Culinary Network,
Random House Canada, 2003All Stirred Up features recipes by members of the Toronto-based Women's Culinary Network. The WCN has a membership of over 275 food professionals who work in kitchens every day as food-product developers, personal chefs, recipe testers and more.
Read our reviewA Matter of Taste. Inspired Seasonal Menus with Wines and Spirits to Match
Author: Lucy Waverman,
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2004A Matter of Taste is touted as a "sophisticated cookbook that highlights gorgeous seasonal entertaining menus...with thoughtfully selected wine and spirit matches." At a hefty 360 pages it certainly promises to deliver some serious eating. And it does.
Read our reviewAn Embarrassment of Mangoes. A Caribbean Interlude.
,This book was among our recommended gifts for food lovers for Christmas 2004
Read our reviewFeast. Food that celebrates Life.
,This book was among our recommended gifts for food lovers for Christmas 2004
Read our reviewKitchen for Kids. 100 amazing recipes your children can really make.
,This book was among our recommended gifts for food lovers for Christmas 2004
Read our reviewFiber Boost - Everyday Cooking for a Long, Healthy Life
Author: Amy Snider,
Key Porter Books, 2004As author Amy Snider notes, fiber has a "less than sexy" image. Her goal in writing Fiber Boost is to put a little fun in fiber by going light on the information overload and heavy on the fantastic, fuss-free recipes.
Read our reviewThe Healthy Family Cookbook: 150 Easy Recipes to Please the Entire Family
Author: Hope Ricciotti,
WW Norton, 2004This new book is the collaborative effort of chef Vincent Connelly, chef and Dr. Hope Ricciotti, MD - a husband and wife team.
Read our reviewMoosewood Restaurant Celebrates: Festive Meals For Holidays And Special Occasions
Author: Moosewood Collective,
Clarkson Potter, 2003The latest offering from the Moosewood Collective, which is composed of the staff at Ithaca, New York's Moosewood Restaurant. The Collective is famous for their vegetarian creations both at the restaurant and through their collection of cookbooks.
Read our reviewHome Ec for the Domestically Challenged
,As a Professional Home Economist, how could I resist the temptation to review Home Ec for the Domestically Challenged by Peter Wright (Hushion House, 2004) for my first foray into cookbook reviewing?
Read our reviewThe Passionate Cook. The Very Best of Karen Barnaby.
,Joining the evolving trend of high-profile chefs writing cookbooks is Karen Barnaby, a renowned chef of Vancouver's acclaimed Fish House in Stanley Park. Barnaby is known for her emphasis on seasonal ingredients and uncomplicated techniques.
Read our reviewJane Clarke's Bodyfoods for Busy People
Author: Jane Clarke,
McBooks Press, 2006Nutritionist Jane Clarke is Britain's answer to our healthy cookbook authors such as Bonnie Stern and Anne Lindsay. And like Stern and Lindsay, Clarke writes in a friendly style - as if you're just a good friend joining her in her kitchen.
Read our reviewBonnie Stern's Essentials of Home Cooking
Author: Bonnie Stern,
Random House Canada, 2003
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