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Taste Canada Awards 2016 Shortlist

The winners of Canada’s only culinary writing awards will be announced at the Taste Canada Awards Gala in Toronto on November 14, hosted by Mary Ito, former host of CBC’s Fresh Air

Taste Canada Awards - 2016 Shortlist featuring 55 world-class culinary writers in both official languages.

This year, Taste Canada Awards received 150 submissions (96 books and 54 food blogs) for a coveted award, which has been honouring culinary writers for 19 years.  

At the Taste Canada Awards Gala on November 14^th, Taste Canada Awards will present 22 winners with a Gold or Silver Award. CBC radio personality and former host of the top-rated show, Fresh Air, Mary Ito, will serve as host of this year’s Gala at the Arcadian Court in Toronto. 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.

What’s New in 2016

·       New Category: Health and Special Diet Cookbooks

·       This year, Taste Canada Awards will present two prizes for each book category, a Gold and Silver (previously just Gold was awarded).  In the Food Blog category, presented by Canadian Lentils, a Gold award will be given.

Taste Canada Awards: Categories

·       General Cookbooks / Livres de Cuisine Générale

·       Single-Subject Cookbooks / Livres de Cuisine Sujet Unique

·       Regional/Cultural Cookbooks / Livres de Cuisine Régionale et Culturelle

·       Culinary Narratives / Les Narrations Culinaires

·       Health and Special Diet Cookbooks/Santé et diète particulière (NEW CATEGORY)

·       Food Blog / Blog Culinaire

Taste Canada Cooks the Books

Taste Canada Cooks the Books is a cooking competition that invites Canadian culinary students from across the nation to compete for the title of Canada’s Best New Student Chefs. Taste Canada Cooks the Books showcases the talent of Canada’s next generation of chefs, honours the authors and brings some of this year’s outstanding submitted cookbooks to life. Cooks the Books is presented by Taste Canada Awards and by the Alberta Canola Producers, sponsored by The Egg Farmers of Canada, The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair and Ricardo Cuisine.

The teams are paired with a culinary author and given the challenge to recreate a recipe from the author’s cookbook, along with their own signature garnish. This year, the students will compete in front of food lovers, industry professionals and peers at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair on November 12^th and 13^th. A mentoring author who will offer guidance and motivation will join the teams on stage. A panel of notable culinary experts will judge the competition. The winners will be announced at the Taste Canada Awards Gala on November 14^th where they will be presented with prizes, a letter of recommendation and a trophy to display at their school.

About Taste Canada

Our Canadian story, as told through the art of culinary writing

Taste Canada Awards celebrates 19 years as the only organization in Canada that recognizes this nation’s abundance of outstanding culinary writers. The mission of Taste Canada Awards is to be the authoritative culinary writing award in Canada by showcasing and recognizing the best. Our vision is to promote Canadian-authored culinary writing so it is recognized as world class. Drawn from Canadian academic, publishing, creative and institutional fields, the independent panel of judges reviews submissions across six categories.  In 2015, the total units sold in Canada for books in the “Cooking” subject category amounted to 1.3 million for a total value of $38.7 million, according to BookNet Canada.

2016 TASTE CANADA AWARDS:  THE SHORTLIST IN ALL AWARD CATEGORIES:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Culinary Narratives

Alford, Jeffrey. Chicken in the Mango Tree: Food and Life in a Thai-Khmer Village. Douglas & McIntyre, Madeira Park

Gaylard, Linda. The Tea Book. DK, Toronto

Hamilton, Alissa. Got Milked? What You Don’t Know About Dairy, The Truth About Calcium, And Why You’ll Thrive Without Milk. HarperCollins, Toronto

McClusky, Peter. Ontario Garlic: The Story from Farm to Festival. Arcadia Publishing and The History Press, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

Mechefske, Lindy. Sir John’s Table: The Culinary Life and Times of Canada’s First Prime Minister. Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton

General Cookbooks

Canadian Living Test Kitchen and Irene Fong. The Ultimate Cookbook. Les Éditions de l’Homme, Montréal

Neal, Peter and Chris Neal. Goodness: Recipes and Stories. Blakeman Books, Richmond Hill

O’ Brady, Tara. Seven Spoons: My Favorite Recipes for Any and Every Day. Appetite by Random House, Vancouver

Smith, Mairlyn. Homegrown: Celebrating the Canadian Foods We Grow, Raise and Produce. Whitecap Books, Vancouver

Wimbush-Bourque, Aimée. Brown Eggs and Jam Jars: Family Recipes from the Kitchen of Simple Bites. Penguin Canada Books, Toronto

Regional/Cultural Cookbooks

Dammann, Derek and Chris Johns. True North: Canadian Cooking from Coast to Coast. HarperCollins, Toronto

Flinn, Craig. Out of New Nova Scotia Kitchens: Best-loved East Coast Dishes for Today. Formac Publishing, Halifax

Knight, Chris. One World Kitchen: The Cookbook. TouchWood Editions, Victoria

Musgrave, Susan. A Taste of Haida Gwaii: Food Gathering and Feasting at the Edge of the World. Whitecap Books, Vancouver

Nimji, Noorbanu and Karen Anderson. A Spicy Touch: Family Favourites from Noorbanu Nimji’s Kitchen. A Spicy Touch Publishing (Canada) Inc., Calgary

Single-Subject Cookbooks

Hynam-Smith, Adam. Curbside: Modern Street Food From a Vagabond Chef. Whitecap Books, Vancouver

Jones, Bill. The Deerholme Vegetable Cookbook. TouchWood Editions, Victoria

Langford, Signe. Happy Hens & Fresh Eggs: Keeping Chickens in the Kitchen Garden, with 100 Recipes. Douglas & McIntyre, Madeira Park

Mundy, Jane. The Ocean Wise Cookbook 2: More Seafood Recipes That Are Good for the Planet. Whitecap Books, Vancouver

Walsh, Victoria and Scott McCallum. A Field Guide to Canadian Cocktails. Appetite by Random House, Vancouver

Health and Special Diet Cookbooks

Eustace, Mary Jo. Scared Wheatless: Delicious Gluten-Free Recipes That Won’t Make You Lose Your Mind. Whitecap Books, Vancouver

Green, Patricia. Sweet Goodness: Unbelievably Delicious Gluten-Free Baking Recipes. Penguin Canada Books, Toronto

Houston, Jennifer and Ruth Tal. Super Fresh: Super Natural, Super Vibrant Vegan Recipes. Penguin Canada Books, Toronto

Nadel, Jessica. Superfoods 24/7: More Than 100 Easy and Inspired Recipes to Enjoy the World’s Most Nutritious Foods at Every Meal, Every Day. The Experiment (Thomas Allen & Son), Markham

Telpner, Meghan. The UnDiet Cookbook: 130 Gluten-Free Recipes for a Healthy and Awesome Life. Appetite by Random House, Vancouver

Food Blog

In Pursuit Of More

www.inpursuitofmore.com

Mortar and Pestle

www.mortar-and-pestle.ca

She Eats

www.sheeats.ca

FRENCH LANGUAGE

Les Narrations Culinaires

Chartier, François. L’essential de Chartier. Les Éditions de Presse, Montréal

Dô, Sylvie. L’Épicerie : Le plaisir de faire les bons choix. Les Éditions Caractère, Montréal

Francoeur, Jean-Marie. Encyclopédie de la cuisine Nouvelle-France : Histoires, produits et recettes de notre patrimoine culinaire. Fides, Anjou

Lavallée, Bernard. Sauver la planète, une bouchée à la fois: Trucs et conseils. Les Éditions La Presse, Montréal

Livres de Cuisine Générale

Coup de Pouce, St-Germain, Claudine. Cuisiner pour une semaine, un mois, un an. Les Éditions de l’Homme, Montréal

O’Gleman, Geneviève et Alexandra Diaz. Famille futée 2 : 175 recettes santé à moins de 5$ par portion. Éditions La Semaine, Montréal

Risler, Clémence et Emilie Villeneuve. Chefs de famille : Portrait et recettes. Les Éditions Cardinal, Montréal

Robitaille, Josée. C’est l’hiver! Les éditions de la Carotte blanche, Montréal

Siri, Florence-Léa. L’Art de cuisiner sans gaspiller ni se ruiner : Trucs et astuces d’économie familliale. Plus d 250 canevas de recettes. Les Éditions Caractère, Montréal

Livres de Cuisine régionale et culturelle

Alary, Christophe et Frédéric Smith. Saveurs de saison : Une cuisine inspirée du domaine Cataraqui. Les Éditions Sylvain Harvey, en collaboration avec la Commission de la capitale nationale du Québec, Québec

Bérubé, Caty, Richard Houde, Miléna Babin, Benoît Boudreau, Annie Lavoie et Raphaëlle St-Laurent Pelletier. Les plaisirs gourmands de Caty – Cuisine québécoise : les secrets de nos grands-mamans. Éditions Pratico-Pratiques, Québec

Di Domenico, Maria. Fine cuisine italienne des Abruzzes. Les Éditions Glénat Québec, Montréal

Loureiro, Helena. La cuisine d’Helena : 80 recettes portugaises pour ensoleiller votre table. Les Éditions de l’Homme, Montréal

Livres de Cuisine Sujet Unique

Gauthier, Emilie. Révolution sandwichs. Les Éditions du Trécarré, Montréal

Gosselin, Virginie et Marie-Pier Gosselin. Au Gré des Champs : Une histoire de famille, d’agriculture et de cuisine. les éditions du passage, Montréal

Lavoie, Maxime. BBQ au Max : 100 recettes débiles par le nouveau guru québécois du BBQ. Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur, Laval

Ricardo. Mon premier livre de recettes. Les Éditions La Presse, Montréal

Vézina, Daniel. La cuisine réfléchie : Bien manger sans gaspiller. Les Éditions La Presse, Montréal

Santé et diète particulière

Cormier, Hubert. Ma table festive : Yogourt. Éditions La Semaine, Montréal

Côté, Stéphanie et Philippe Grand. Nutrition Sportive : 21 jours de menus. Modus Vivendi, Montréal

Michaud, Eliane. Naturellement sucré : 100 desserts à base de sucres naturels. Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur, Laval

René, Jacynthe. Délices détox : Mon guide gourmand et vivifiant. Les Éditions Cardinal, Montréal

St-Pierre, Véronique. Les pâtisseries de Rose Madeleine : 50 recettes véganes. Les Éditions de l’Homme, Montréal

Blogue Culinaire

Nana Marmelade

www.nanamarmelade.com

The Green Life

www.thegreenlife.ca

Champagne & Brunelle

www.camillebrunelle.com

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I will be live Tweeting from the awards and will do another post about the event and winners.

KitchenAid's Culinary Showdown Event

KitchenAid is gearing up for another year of it's Culinary Showdown event on November 29th at the All Stream Centre to benefit the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.  

Last year I registered to fundraise to be able to participate in the Culinary Showdown but fell short on my fundraising and only raised $200 which earned me a White KitchenAid apron but I was shooting for enough to participate in the Event and join one of a bunch of great Food Network Celebrity Chefs teams that competed with the top fundraisers.  You need to raise $2500 to be able to participate in the Showdown but if you raise $1000 you are able to attend.  I would really like to fundraise again but I need everyone's financial support to reach the $2500 goal.  But imagine how much money they can raise in one night if every participant raises $2500.

Where else but on a Food Network television show can you have 5 Amazing Chefs help you cook an amazing meal to serve to fundraisers who raise funds for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

Some of the confirmed chefs this year are the great Mark McEwan, Susur Lee, Vikram Vij, Lynn Crawford and Corbin Tomaczeski.  

I was invited to one of the pre events where they introduce the event and register people to participate.   With me not working right now I wasn't able to register at the event as there is a $75 registration fee which covers the cost of participation.

A breast Cancer survivor named Molly made a very touching and heart felt speech about her experience through her Cancer treatments to her joining the Run for the Cure.

The cocktail event was a lot of fun with Chef Mark McEwan and Chef Corbin in attendance.  Chef Lynn Crawford was scheduled to attend but had some car trouble and didn't make it.   There were many food bloggers and Gastroposter's in attendance.  I met a lot of Gastroposters that I hadn't met before and there were a lot of blogger friends there as well so it was a nice party atmosphere.  It was held on the 7th floor of the Bay surrounded by all the KitchenAid products including the limited edition Raspberry colored Kitchen Aid stand mixer where some of the proceeds goes to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

When we arrived we mixed and mingled and munched on some really great appetizers provided by Longo's I believe.

Then a bunch of us joined each Chefs team to see which team could produce the longest pasta noodle.  I joined Chef Mark McEwan's team.   They both struggled to get the pasta started but it seems like Chef Mark had a bit more trouble.  Corbin managed to get his pasta going smoothly and had a really long and smooth pasta line and he won the challenge.   Last year Chef McEwan won so I guess it's only fair for Chef Corbin to win this time.  It was all in good fun anyway.

If you want to sponsor me or someone else or if you want to fundraise and participate yourself you can get more information here: Culinary Showdown