Celebrating the 2020 Taste Canada Award Winners
A champion of Canadian cookbook authors, Taste Canada is a national not-for-profit that aims to inspire readers to discover delicious recipes and diverse food stories written from a Canadian perspective.
Over the past 22 years, Taste Canada Awards has honoured hundreds of Canadian-authored books and blogs that have covered an array of topics related to food in both official languages: Canada’s culinary history, culinary narratives, regional and local food stories, seasonal foods and single ingredients, food trends at home and abroad, healthy food and nutrition, and everyday recipes for families.
Last year, MENU Mag had the pleasure of attending the awards in-person to see amazing Canadian talent like Chef Rod Butters, Aimee Wimbush-Bourque, and Renée Kohlman take home the Gold and Silver awards. This year, as with most other events, the Taste Canada Awards were moved virtually.
Check out a recording of the 2020 Taste Canada Virtual Awards ceremony below:
Though we could not meet in-person, we still felt connected through the celebration of Canadian food, restaurants, and talent and we want to take this time to congratulate all the nominees and winners this year!
Here are the Taste Canada 2020 Award Winners
English-Language Books
Culinary Narratives
Gold: Chop Suey Nation by Ann Hui, Douglas & McIntyre, Madeira Park
Silver: Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food by Lenore Newman, ECW Press, Toronto
General Cookbooks
Gold: Let Me Feed You by Rosie Daykin, Appetite by Random House, Vancouver
Silver: Duchess at Home by Giselle Courteau, Appetite by Random House, Vancouver
Regional/Cultural Cookbooks
Gold: Coconut Lagoon: Recipes from a South Indian Kitchen by Joe Thottungal and Anne DesBrisay, Figure 1 Publishing, Vancouver
Silver: Burdock & Co by Andrea Carlson, Appetite by Random House, Vancouver
Single-Subject Cookbooks
Gold: Oven to Table: Over 100 One-Pot and One-Pan Recipes for Your Sheet Pan, Skillet, Dutch Oven, and More by Jan Scott, Penguin Canada, Toronto
Silver: Modern Lunch by Allison Day, Appetite by Random House, Vancouver
Health and Special Diet Cookbooks
Gold: Eat More Plants: Over 100 Anti-Inflammatory, Plant-Based Recipes for Vibrant Living by Desiree Nielsen, Penguin Canada, Toronto
Silver: Sprout Right Family Food:
Good Nutrition and Over 130 Simple Recipes for Baby, Toddler, and the Whole
Family by
Lianne Phillipson, Penguin Canada, Toronto
Les livres langue française
Les narrations culinaires
Or : Mieux conserver ses aliments pour moins gaspiller par Anne-Marie Desbiens, Les Éditions La Presse, Montréal
Argent : Le goût de la bière fermière – De la tradition à l’innovation locale et écoresponsable par Martin Thibault, Druide, Montréal
Livres de cuisine générale
Or : Olive + Gourmando : Le livre de recettes par Dyan Soloman, KO Éditions, Montréal
Argent : Soupers rapides par Geneviève O’Gleman, Groupe Sogides/Éditions De L’Homme, Montréal
Livres de cuisine régionale et culturelle
Or : Tables véganes – Menus d’ici et d’ailleurs par Élise Desaulniers et Patricia Martin, Trécarré, Montréal
Argent : FORÊT Identifier, cueillir, cuisiner par Ariane Paré Le Gal et Gérald Le Gal, Les Éditions Cardinal, Montréal
Livres de cuisine sujet unique
Or : Parcours sucré par Patrice Demers, Les Éditions La Presse, Montréal
Argent : Cuisine de pêche par Stéphane Modat, Les Éditions La Presse, Montréal
Livres de cuisine santé et diète particulière
Or : Loounie cuisine par Caroline Huard, KO Éditions, Montréal
Argent : Savoir quoi manger – TDAH par Elisabeth Cerquiera, Modus Vivendi, Montréal
