Strong and Free Cuisine
What It Is: The culinary world is finally paying attention to what’s happening here in Canada – and for good reason. Upstart chefs with bold vision and an interest in taking advantage of Canada’s natural bounty of ingredients has led to many a celebrated restaurant and star chef – like Montreal’s Derek Dammann, the main force behind this Canadiana collection of recipes. It’s divided up by our nation’s vast wilderness – for example, in the Pacific section you’ll see recipes for Chinook on the Beach Haida Gwaii Style – for a unique take on ‘living from the land’. It also features an approach I (and celeb chefs worldwide) advocate for – nose to tail eating, meaning all parts of the animal are considered for consumption, out of respect for taking a creature’s life. No matter how you slice it, this is a cool foodie gift idea that’s proudly Canadian.
Who It’s For: The hostess. The chef-in-training. The extreme foodie.
What It Costs: $40 retail.
Where It’s At: Fine booksellers across Canada or Amazon.ca
BONUS entry into my new Samuel’s Hats giveaway – tell me in the comments below; would you buy this cookbook as a gift? For who?
Canadian Gift Guide 
I would buy it for myself. sadly most of my friends/family are not into cooking
My brother who is doing the whole low carb thing
I LOVE cookbooks. I sometimes read them like I am reading a novel. Plus I love to cook and try new recipes. This book sounds unique and it might just get added to my birthday wish list. Thank you for sharing.
If buy this for my brother in law, he loves to fish. I am a subscriber.
my son-in-law would like this book
My brothers would like this book.
I’m always looking for new recipes and this one sounds like one I would use for myself.
I would definitely buy this for myself. I am addicted to cookbooks. This looks like one I will have to purchase.
This would be a great gift for my daughter in law who is a very good cook.
I would not buy it for myself as I would probably order from library if I wanted to read. I really get all my recipes online that I use in my daily cooking.
I would buy this and gift it to my foodie friend Catherine – great chef & so loves creating local food. I help her in her garden & we get to enjoy the produce all Summer long. She teaches me all the time 🙂 Great idea
I would buy this for my husband, he would love it!
I would buy it for a friend as a gift but probably not for myself.
This would be a great gift for my son who loves to cook.
I would gift myself with this book, I love my vegie garden!
Just purchased this cookbook for my Mom. If anyone is interested, it is on sale right now for $30.57 on Amazon.ca. Looks like a great cookbook! Thanks for the heads up Brittany!!
I would gift this to my hubby because we love to cook and our good friends too.
I don’t think I would buy this book because most of my friends use google to find recipes.
I would buy this since it is Canadian based it would most likely be easy to get the ingredients!
I love the idea, but I probably wouldn’t buy this for anyone I know.
I would love this!
My husband loves cooking – a great gift for him!
I might buy it for my girlfriend that loves to cook
I’m sure I could find people who would appreciate this as a gift.
Samuel’s Hats bonus entry: I would buy this cookbook as a gift for my French coworkers as a lovely introductions to their new home country.
I would buy two! One for me and one for my brother. I love Jamie Oliver!!!
I would buy this for myself!
I would buy this for my friend who grew up here in Canada but recently moved to England. It would be nice for her to cook a bit of home!
I would buy this for a friend on mine who is a great cook.
I would actually buy this for myself and my boyfriend, to improve our household cooking!
I’d buy it for myself! Love cookbooks!
I would buy this as a gift. I have many friends who would love this!!
i would love to receive this as a gift to myself, I like trying new cookbooks
I’d keep one for me, and can think of lots of friends and relatives who’d like it, too. This is gift I’ll keep in mind.