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Cover of cookbook, MANY CULTURES, MANY COOKS: THE P.E.I. MULTICULTURAL COUNCIL COOKBOOK, with  a framed illustration various foods formed into a wreath shape Source

 

Many Cultures, Many Cooks: The P.E.I. Multicultural Council Cookbook. Edited by Lesley Brothers and Heather Irving. Charlottetown: Ragweed Press, 1987

Prince Edward Island is proud that although its population is small, its inhabitants have come from more than 75 countries. Many of them are represented in this cookbook.

Cover of cookbook, WHAT'S COOKING IN ETHNIC WINNIPEG, with an illustration of a green bowl and chopsticks on a red and white checkered tablecloth Source

 

Doug Whiteway. What's Cooking in Ethnic Winnipeg. Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 1987

Doug Whiteway's recipes focus on the eight major ethnic groups in Winnipeg (Chinese, Greek, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Jewish, Portuguese and Ukrainian). He describes their cultures, their roles in the city, their restaurants and their food stories, and includes a simple recipe for each.

Cover of cookbook, SAVOUREUSES ESCALES : LES DÉLICIEUX SECRETS DE MARILYN CHONG, GAGNANTE D'UN GRAND CONCOURS DE RECETTES, with a photograph of a cake garnished with cherries and mint leaves, and a photo montage showing other prepared dishes Source

 

Page 16 of cookbook, SAVOURSEUSES ESCALES : LES DÉLICIEUX SECRETS DE MARILYN CHONG…, with a recipe for Concombres en bouchées Source

Marylin Chong. Savoureuses escales : les délicieux secrets de Marylin Chong gagnante d'un grand concours de recettes. Montréal: Éditions Cuisiline, 1993

Her childhood in the island nation of Mauritius has inspired many of Marylin Chong's recipes, with their emphasis on avocado, mango, papaya, pineapple and coconut.

Cover of cookbook, SEDUCTIONS OF RICE: A COOKBOOK, with photographs of various rice dishes, a woman harvesting rice and samples of several varieties of rice Source

 

Title page of cookbook, SEDUCTIONS OF RICE: A COOKBOOK, with a full-page photograph of rice spread on the ground on a bridge over a river in Asia Source

 

Unumbered page of cookbook, SEDUCTIONS OF RICE: A COOKBOOK, with a photograph of a man carrying rice straw in Bengal Source

 

Photographs showing 36 varieties of rice Source

Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid. Seductions of Rice: A Cookbook. Toronto: Random House of Canada, 1998

Award-winning authors Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid travelled the world and returned with exciting new ideas gleaned from foreign cuisines.


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