ANITA STEWART'S CANADA – THE FOOD | THE RECIPES | THE STORIES

Written by Anita Stewart
with photos by Robert Wigington and Anita Stewart
Foreword by His Excellency Jean-Daniel Lafond
"If there is a patron saint of Canadian cuisine, it is Anita Stewart."
National Post

You only need be in a room with Anita Stewart a few minutes to know that she is passionate about Canadian cuisine. And it wouldn't be long before you find your mouth watering and your stomach grumbling as Anita went into detail about the wonderful flavours, delicious food, recipes and history of Canadian cuisine. She truly is Canada's ambassador of food!

Anita Stewart's Canada is a cookbook about our country and about homegrown ingredients, used locally and seasonally in home kitchens. Chapter highlights include maple, honey and molasses; the three sisters: corns, beans, and squash; fish and shellfish, with a separate chapter just for salmon; and dairy, with a special emphasis on our incredible cheeses. Recipes range from the intimately traditional Cape Island Lobster and Mom's Pumpkin Pie to the marvelously inventive Georgian Bay Whitefish Masala. Anita dips deep into the past as well, with a chapter on the early indigenous foods of the First Nations, and looks to the future with another on such new crops as canola, flax and soy.

More than a cookbook, however, Anita Stewart's Canada also draws on the personal element of local and regional cooking. Every chapter describes the history of the theme ingredient and many recipes carry a story and a tradition. Anita Stewart is passionate about Canadian cuisine and the farmers, fishermen, gourmets and gourmands that do so much to put it before us. This book is the culmination of years of work, with over 150 new recipes, stunning photography, and many wonderful personal stories from food producers, restaurateurs, and home cooks.

Anita Stewart is an author, a food columnist, magazine writer and culinary activist but most importantly she is a tireless and passionate promoter of Canadian food. She is the first Canadian to earn a Masters degree in Gastronomy and the first journalist to receive a lifetime membership as a Professional Agrologist (Hon) at the Ontario Institute of Agrologists. She is advisor to His Excellency Jean-Daniel Lafond (husband of Her Excellency the Governor General), she is founder of Cuisine Canada, fellow of The Ontario Hostelry Institute and juror for the World Food Media Awards. Anita Stewart is the author of 11 cookbooks focusing on Canadian cuisine–including the award-winning book The Flavours of Canada. She is the food columnist for CBC Radio One's Fresh Air and contributes regularly to the Slow Food Canada website and magazine. She has also written for Food & Drink, Gourmet, Chatelaine, Homemaker's, The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star. In 2003, she founded The World's Longest Barbecue, a celebration held in support of Canada's agricultural community. She consults for both the Canadian Tourism Commission and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. She lives in Elora, Ontario where she loves to cook.

978-1-55468-231-7 / $34.95
Publication date: April 26, 2008

May 5, 2008   Posted in: Canada