Vancouver Island has a new cookbook to celebrate Vancouver Island food.
Co-written by Dawn Postnikoff and Joanne Sasvari, Island Eats features a compendium of over 80 recipes from signature chefs living on Vancouver Island and the Salish Sea. Postnikoff said the idea for a Vancouver Island cookbook came about during a media trip to Tofino in March 2019.
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B次元官网网址淭he book is really approachable. We tested all the recipes ourselves in a month. Curating the book was an easy, relaxed process,B次元官网网址� she said.
Sasvari re-iterates that point.
B次元官网网址�Island Eats is full of recipes you can make and want to make. Island chefs are so co-operative and they have a passion for local ingredients. Ingredients are driving the cuisine,B次元官网网址� said Sasvari, who also authored the Wickaninnish Cookbook and Vancouver Eats.
Postnikoff adds that the cookbook paints a picture of Vancouver Island.
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Shawn Snelling, executive chef at Long Beach Lodge Resort, contributed a simplified recipe of a brunch bestseller: Beet Rancheros with Black Beach and Chipotle Crema (Page 102).
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Ian Riddick, chef and owner at UclueletB次元官网网址檚 Heartwood Kitchen, contributed a fan favourite: Chanterelle Mushroom P芒t茅 (Page 104).
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Tofino Resort + Marina 1909 Kitchen pastry chef Kristine Morrow shared her recipe for Double Chocolate Brownie Cookies (Page 20).
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Published by retails for $38.95 and is available for purchase at all featured restaurants, independent bookstores, and Indigo / Amazon.ca.
nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca
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