For the past 19 years, Taste Canada has promoted Canadian-authored culinary writing by showcasing and recognizing the best of the year with the Taste Canada Awards.
This year, Taste Canada received 150 submissions (96 books and 54 food blogs) and will be awarding 22 winners with a Gold or Silver Award at the Taste Canada Awards Gala in Toronto on November 14. The Gala is a one-of-a-kind gastronomic event with more than a dozen chef-led food stations presented by Toronto’s most celebrated chefs, and a Red Carpet walked by some of Canada’s most celebrated writers and culinary personalities. At the Gala, Taste Canada Awards will also name this year’s Hall of Fame Award inductees (living and posthumous) sponsored by The Culinary Historians of Canada.
I love checking out the Shortlist of nominees every year because it’s a great way to discover some great new cookbooks (my cookbook wishlist always seems to get longer after this Shortlist gets released!), and this year’s list definitely includes some amazing books!
Below are the nominated English language cookbooks. To see the full list of nominees, which includes French language cookbooks and food blogs in both English and French, click here.
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CULINARY NARRATIVES
- Chicken in the Mango Tree: Food and Life in a Thai-Khmer Village by Jeffrey Alford
- The Tea Book by Linda Gaylard
- Got Milked? What You Don’t Know About Dairy, The Truth About Calcium, And Why You’ll Thrive Without Milk by Alissa Hamilton
- Ontario Garlic: The Story from Farm to Festival by Peter McClusky
- Sir John’s Table: The Culinary Life and Times of Canada’s First Prime Minister by Lindy Mechefske
GNERAL COOKBOOKS
- The Ultimate Cookbook by Canadian Living Test Kitchen and Irene Fong
- Goodness: Recipes and Stories by Peter and Chris Neal
- Seven Spoons: My Favorite Recipes for Any and Every Day by Tara O’Brady
- Homegrown: Celebrating the Canadian Foods We Grow, Raise and Produce by Mairlyn Smith
- Brown Eggs and Jam Jars: Family Recipes from the Kitchen of Simple Bites by Aimée Wimbush-Bourque
REGIONAL/CULTURAL COOKBOOKS
- True North: Canadian Cooking from Coast to Coast by Derek Dammann and Chris Johns
- Out of New Nova Scotia Kitchens: Best-loved East Coast Dishes for Today by Craig Flinn
- One World Kitchen: The Cookbook by Chris Knight
- A Taste of Haida Gwaii: Food Gathering and Feasting at the Edge of the World by Susan Musgrave
- A Spicy Touch: Family Favourites from Noorbanu Nimji’s Kitchen by Noorbanu Nimji and Karen Anderson
SINGLE SUBJECT COOKBOOKS
- Curbside: Modern Street Food From a Vagabond Chef by Adam Hynam-Smith
- The Deerholme Vegetable Cookbook by Bill Jones
- Happy Hens & Fresh Eggs: Keeping Chickens in the Kitchen Garden, with 100 Recipes by Signe Langford
- The Ocean Wise Cookbook 2: More Seafood Recipes That Are Good for the Planet by Jane Mundy
- A Field Guide to Canadian Cocktails by Victoria Walsh and Scott McCallum
HEALTH AND SPECIAL DIET COOKBOOKS
- Scared Wheatless: Delicious Gluten-Free Recipes That Won’t Make You Lose Your Mind by Mary Jo Eustace
- Sweet Goodness: Unbelievably Delicious Gluten-Free Baking Recipes by Patricia Green
- Super Fresh: Super Natural, Super Vibrant Vegan Recipes by Jennifer Houston and Ruth Tal
- Superfoods 24/7: More Than 100 Easy and Inspired Recipes to Enjoy the World’s Most Nutritious Foods at Every Meal, Every Day by Jessica Nadel
- The UnDiet Cookbook: 130 Gluten-Free Recipes for a Healthy and Awesome Life by Meghan Telpner
Congratulations to this year’s nominees! Don’t forget to check out the full list of nominees on the Taste Canada site.
Disclosure: This was not a sponsored post. However, I am part of the Amazon affiliate program and the product links shared in this post are affiliate links – if you click them and purchase something, I will receive a tiny commission fee (at no extra cost to you) which helps me keep this site running. Please read my disclosure policy for more information.
