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Canadian Culinary Book Awards Winners 2006

*Note that all winning titles have been deposited with the Culinary Collection at the University of Guelph.

The winners of the Cuisine Canada and The University of Guelph's Canadian Culinary Book Awards were announced September 16, 2006, at the Gala Dinner event during Cuisine Canada's national conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Some of Canada's top food professionals, chosen as judges, spent the summer testing recipes and evaluating culinary books from more than 50 entered. The winners are:

English-Language Culinary Books

Canadian Food Culture Category:
(for books that best illustrate Canada's rich culinary heritage and food culture)


Gold
:

Chow: from China to Canada: memories of food + family

Chow contains early photographs, immigration documents, 1940s restaurant menus, and handwritten recipes that trace the history of Dennis Wong’s Chinese-Canadian restaurants in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Written with refreshing sincerity by Janice Wong, Chow is both a cookbook and a detailed record of an intriguing chapter in Canadian history.

by Janice Wong
(Whitecap Books, Vancouver)

Silver :

Arab cooking on a Saskatchewan homestead: recipes and recollections

In Arab Cooking on a Saskatchewan Homestead, author Habeeb Salloum’s recollections from childhood tell the story of Syrian immigrants to the Saskatchewan prairies and how their traditional foods aided their survival. Salloum’s family thrived on the dry-land crops they grew or produced during the drought years of the 1930s. These foods, virtually unknown to Canadians then, are mainstream today.

by Habeeb Salloum
(Canadian Plains Research Center, Regina, Saskatchewan)

 

Cookbook Category:

Gold :

Anna and Michael Olson cook at home: recipes for every day and every occasion

Anna and Michael Olson Cook at Home invites readers into the home kitchen of Ontario’s premier chefs Anna and Michael Olson and reveals that chefs are people too! The Olsons offer practical and often humorous advice on cooking and entertaining, and share their culinary inspirations and handy techniques.

by Michael and Anna Olson
(Whitecap Books, Vancouver)

Silver:

DiscCookery

DiscCookery is a unique cookbook from Jurgen Gothe, host of CBC radio’s DiscDrive. Each recipe is not only paired with an appropriate wine but also with a suitable music selection. The cookbook includes Gothe’s legendary “Dinner and Ride Home for Cinderella:” a stew of beef, peaches, corn, and vegetables, cooked and served in a pumpkin. With DiscCookery you can cook up Gothe’s radio antics and bites in your own kitchen.

 

by Jurgen Gothe
(Whitecap Books, Vancouver)

 

Special Interest Food and Beverage Book:
(for books about food; non-cookbooks)

Gold:

Laughing with my mouth full: tales from a Gulf Islands kitchen

With Pam Freir, food is fun. She wrestles with an artichoke, celebrates the egg and hosts the first annual do-it-yourself Cornish Hen Stuffathon. From her culinary coming-of-age in Toronto to the bucolic Gulf Islands in British Columbia where she now lives, her book is a cheerful journey of discovery from catch-as-catch-can bouillabaisse to a tea party in the rainforest.

by Pam Freir
(HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, Toronto)

Silver:

Tea and pomegranates: a memoir of food, family and Kashmir

Through tales of her Kashmiri relatives and the wonderful meals they shared together, Nazneen Sheikh brings alive the food-mad history and enduring culture of the Mughal people. As captivating as a novel, this unique memoir takes the reader on a fascinating journey into a culture that never fails to celebrate the rich possibilities of food, life and love.

by Nazneen Sheikh
(Penguin Canada, Toronto)

 

French-Language Culinary Books


Canadian Food Culture Category:

(for books that best illustrate Canada's rich culinary heritage and food culture)

Gold:

Chapeau! Canada: les grands chefs

Chapeau! Canada : les grands chefs offre une vue exclusive sur le monde culinaire de notre pays multiculturel. Cette oeuvre met en valeur 26 des meilleurs chefs canadiens et plus de 200 recettes soigneusement sélectionnées par chacun d'entre eux. Entièrement bilingue (français et anglais), ce livre est le premier du genre à présenter l'élite de la haute gastronomie canadienne.

by Anton Fercher
(Chapeau Canada Les Grands Chefs Inc., St-Lambert, Quebec)

Silver:

Les produits du marché au Québec

Cet ouvrage célèbre l'abondance et la vitalité du terroir québécois, en présentant dans le détail toute la gamme des produits disponibles sur nos marchés. Qu'il provienne du potager, de la ferme, des lacs, des rivières ou de la mer, chacun fait l'objet d'une double page d'information.

by Michèle Serre
(éditions du Trécarré, Outremont, Quebec)

 

Cookbook Category:

Gold :

Le Spa Eastman à votre table

Dans ce livre, le Spa Eastman, vous dévoile enfin les secrets d’une centaine de ses savoureuses recettes, toutes inspirées par une réelle recherche de plaisirs culinaires. Le Spa Eastman à votre table vous propose un nouvel art fondé sur les recommandations les plus actuelles et les mieux établies en matière de nutrition et de diététique.

by Jocelyna Dubuc, Pierre Cornélis and Stéphane Triballi
(Spa Eastman, Eastman)

Silver:

Huile d'olive

Dans ce livre, le Spa Eastman, vous dévoile enfin les secrets d’une centaine de ses savoureuses recettes, toutes inspirées par une réelle recherche de plaisirs culinaires. Le Spa Eastman à votre table vous propose un nouvel art fondé sur les recommandations les plus actuelles et les mieux établies en matière de nutrition et de diététique.

by Robert Beauchemin
(Les éditions de l'Homme, Montréal)

 

Special Interest Food and Beverage Book Category:
(sponsored by Chicken Farmers of Canada)

Gold:

À table avec François Chartier

À table avec François Chartier vous fait entrer dans le monde fabuleux de l'harmonisation des vins et des mets. Ce livre se veut le complément tant attendu des lecteurs de La Presse et du guide d'achat La sélection Chartier.

by François Chartier
(Les éditions La Press, Sainte-Foy, Quebec)

Silver:

Les aliments contre le cancer: La prévention et le traitement du cancer par l'alimentation

Au fil des années, de nombreuses études fondamentales, cliniques et épidémiologiques ont montré qu’une consommation accrue de produits végétaux dont les fruits et les légumes représente un facteur clé dans la réduction du risque de cancer. Mieux encore, certains aliments ont la capacité de tuer dans l’oeuf les micros tumeurs que nous développerons tous au cours de nos vies et qui menacent de devenir des cancers.

by Richard Béliveau and Denis Gingras
(éditions du Trécarré, Outremont , Quebec)


Past winners:

Culinary award winners 2010

Culinary award winners 2009

Culinary award winners 2008

Culinary award winners 2007

Culinary award winners 2006

Culinary award winners 2005

Culinary award winners 2004

Culinary award winners 2003

Culinary award winners 2002

Culinary award winners 2001

Culinary award winners 2000

Culinary award winners 1999

Culinary award winners 1998