Taste Canada? Yes please

The 2012 Food Writing Awards, which recognize and celebrate superior writing and publishing throughout Canada’s culinary world were handed out on Nov. 7 at the Arcadian Court in downtown Toronto. There were a total of twelve nominees spread across five categories. The winners are bolded below:

CULINARY NARRATIVES:

Leslie Beck’s Longevity Diet, by Leslie Beck

The Boreal Herbal, by Beverley Gray

• Unquenchable, by Natalie MacLean

Genèse de la cuisine québécoise, by Jean-Marie Francoeur

Une agriculture qui goûte autrement, by Hélène Raymond and Jacques Mathé

Revel 2012: Guide des champagnes et des autres bulles, by Guénaël Revel

 GENERAL COOKBOOKS:

Whitewater Cooks with Friends, by Shelley Adams

Odd Bits, by Jennifer McLagan

• Chef Michael Smith’s Kitchen, by Michael Smith

L’univers gourmand de Jean-Luc Boulay, by Anne L Desjardins and Jean-Luc Boulay

À la di Stasio 3, by Josée Di Stasio

L’artisan culinaire, by Sébastien Houle

REGIONAL/CULTURAL COOKBOOKS:

The Ontario Table, by Lynn Ogryzlo

• Made in Italy, by David Rocco

Market Chronicles, by Susan Semenak

Asie: Un voyage culinaire, by Vincent Beck and Diem Ngoc Phan

Su: La cuisine turque de Fisun Ercan, by Fisun Ercan

Stefano Faita: Je cuisine italien, by Stefano Faita

SINGLE-SUBJECT COOKBOOKS :

Preserving, by Pat Crocker

We Sure Can!, by Sarah B Hood

• Spilling the Beans, by Julie Van Rosendaal and Sue Duncan

Nos 200 meilleurs desserts et biscuits, by Coup de Pouce

Saisis, by Louis-François Marcotte

Sous le charme des courges et des citrouilles, by Louise Gagnon, Louise