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The Culture of Cooking


Cooks and cookbook lovers across the country have written and published many small, specialized books. Some of the most interesting are those that concentrate on a single food item that is particularly Canadian. Here are a few of these special cookbooks.

Cover of cookbook, LES SECRETS DE LA BONNE CUISINE… Source

 

Title page of cookbook, LES SECRETS DE LA BONNE CUISINE : CONTENANT LA SUBSTANCE DES COURS DE CUISINE DONNÉS À L'ÉCOLE MÉNAGÈRE (CONGRÉGATION DE NOTRE-DAME) DE MONTRÉAL… Source

 

Page 64 of cookbook, LES SECRETS DE LA BONNE CUISINE…, with a text on cuts of lamb and questions and answers on lamb and mutton Source

 

Page 65 of cookbook, LES SECRETS DE LA BONNE CUISINE, with the continuation of questions and answers on lamb and mutton Source

Sœur Sainte-Marie Édith, C.N.D. Les secrets de la bonne cuisine : contenant la substance des cours de cuisine donnés à l'École Ménagère (Congrégation de Notre-Dame) de Montréal.... Montréal: Cie d'impr. et de lithographie canadienne, 1928

From sweetbreads to brains, cooks of the 1920s wasted nothing in their kitchens. Today, with the exception of liver, North American cooks rarely cook the offal (internal organs) of animals.

Cover of cookbook, DUTCH OVEN: A COOK BOOK OF COVETED TRADITIONAL RECIPES FROM THE KITCHENS OF LUNENBURG, with a painting of a fishing port Source

 

Title page of cookbook, DUTCH OVEN: A COOK BOOK OF COVETED TRADITIONAL RECIPES FROM THE KITCHENS OF LUNENBURG, with a line drawing of a rack of kitchen utensils Source

Dutch Oven: A Cook Book of Coveted Traditional Recipes from the Kitchens of Lunenburg. Compiled by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Lunenburg Hospital Society. Lunenburg, [N.S.]: Lunenburg County Print, printers, 1953

A charming collection of local recipes from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, compiled (and handwritten) by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Lunenburg Hospital Society.

Cover of cookbook, FOOD THAT REALLY SCHMECKS: MENNONITE COUNTRY COOKING, with a round photograph of a table covered with food Source

 

Edna Staebler. Food that Really Schmecks: Mennonite Country Cooking. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1968

"Throughout [Waterloo] County, recipes were generously swapped and invented till a way of cooking developed that is unique and indigenous to this heaven-blessed area that rejoices in its cultivation, preparation and tranquil digestion of irresistibly good-schmecking (tasting) food" (p. 3).

Cover of cookbook, LES RECETTES DE JANETTE ET LE GRAIN DE SEL DE JEAN, with a photograph of Janette Bertrand and her husband, Jean Lajeunesse, grating cheese onto a salad Source

 

Janette Bertrand. Les recettes de Janette et le grain de sel de Jean. Montréal: Éditions du Jour, 1968

This is one of Quebec's most popular cookbooks. Written by media star Janette Bertrand, it is said to have financed a whole generation of Quebec novels for publisher Jacques Hébert. The recipes, collected over the years by Janette are, in her words, not those available in most books but her own favourites.


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