Best Maine Lobster Rolls Kevin Joe Ricchio, Virginia M. Wright Down East Books, 2018 First off, let me state that, hailing from Nova Scotia, I am obliged to dispute all so-called “factual” information in this book with regards to the origin of the lobster roll. Or where the best ones might come from. What I […]
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Book Review — The Measure of My Powers: A Memoir of Food, Misery and Paris
The Measure of My Powers: A Memoir of Food, Misery and Paris Jackie Kai Ellis Appetite by Random House, 2018 Jackie Kai Ellis’ story should be an inspiring one. Despite a childhood in which her family predicted she would be a failure, she progressed from a designer to a self-employed designer to running a successful […]

Book Review — Insects: An Edible Field Guide
Insects: An Edible Field Guide Stefan Gates Ebury Press, 2017 Food trend analysts predict that bugs will be our major source of protein within just a few years. However this may squick you, discounting an actual apocalypse, it’s probably safe to say that we’ll continue to eat beef, chicken, fish, and pork as long as […]

Book Review — The Fruit Forager’s Companion
The Fruit Forager’s Companion Sara Bir Chelsea Green Publishing, 2018 If you know where to look, there is fruit growing everywhere, even in most cities. Much of this fruit gets wasted as it ripens, falls, and rots; either it is too much for the owner of the land on which the tree grows, or the […]

Book Review — Nova Scotia Cookery, Then and Now: Modern Interpretations of Heritage Recipes
Nova Scotia Cookery, Then and Now: Modern Interpretations of Heritage Recipes edited by Valerie Mansour Nimbus, 2017 As long as people have lived in Nova Scotia, there has been a need to cook and thus, a need for recipes. While many cooks of the past needed no written instruction, keeping all the details in their […]
Lucky Dip – May 6th – Six Cool Food Things
Chocolate inspired by Jackson Pollack? These beautiful pieces of edible art are from Unelefante in Mexico. [Via KNSTRCT] Can’t keep track of your best lasagna recipe? How about this one that’s printed on the pasta? [Via BoingBoing] The story of Sweeney Todd the barber and the little pie shop next door is just fiction… or […]