{"product_id":"cedar-and-salt-vancouver-island-recipes-from-forest-farm-field-and-sea","title":"Cedar and Salt: Vancouver Island Recipes from Forest, Farm, Field, and Sea","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDescription for Sales People\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first cookbook that celebrates the abundance and bounty of Vancouver Island's active and burgeoning food scene, which is a big contributor to Vancouver Island's booming tourism industry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVancouver Island has, since 2007, received honours as the top North American Island destination by \u003ci\u003eCondé Nast Traveler Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and continues to gain international recognition as a top vacation destination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom 2011 to 2016, the tourism's economic output for the region has increased 20 per cent, generating $2.3 billion in 2016.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeautifully photographed, high-quality hard-cover edition; worthy of gift-giving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecipes are tailored to the home cook, rather than the chef (not fussy or fancy).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecipes are focused on ingredients that are unique and local to the Pacific Northwest ingredients--hazelnuts, salal berries, fiddleheads, chanterelle mushrooms--and uniquely local name brands--Denman Island Chocolate, Buffalo's Milk Yogurt, Victoria Gin, etc.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthors are both from Vancouver Island.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe first cookbook that celebrates the abundance and bounty of Vancouver Island's active and burgeoning food scene. Recipes are focused on ingredients that are unique and local to the Pacific Northwest and uniquely local name brands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Acken and Lycopolus are persuasive ambassadors for their beloved Island. \u003ci\u003eCedar and Salt\u003c\/i\u003e's visual food tour, complete with lists of local farmers markets and farm-to-table restaurants, makes it hard to resist a trip to Vancouver Island for a real-life food tour.\" --\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It's easy to be inspired by the terroir on and around Vancouver Island, but Salt Spring Island and Victoria food writers D.L. Acken and Emily Lycopolus do a spectacular job of gathering it all up and putting it on a pedestal . . . unpretentious and completely approachable.\" --Julie Van Rosendaal, \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLush and eloquent . . . \u003ci\u003eCedar and Salt\u003c\/i\u003e is among a new breed of regional Canadian explorations. Inextricable from its location, it's a snapshot of a specific food culture with expansive appeal all the same . . . The choice to structure the book by geography coupled with Acken's atmospheric photography gives readers a deeper sense of place.\" --Laura Brehaut, Postmedia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"As lovers of food and photography, we can't think of a more inviting activity this season than to hunker down in the kitchen with the newly published, hyper-local Vancouver Island cookbook, \u003ci\u003eCedar and Salt\u003c\/i\u003e. (Equally so, ogling and drooling over its pages while cozied up on a comfy chair.)\" --The Islandist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This cookbook focusses a lot on the abundance of Vancouver Island's local ingredients that grow year-round in some cases.\" --Victoria Buzz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Globe and Mail Top 100 Book that Shaped 2019\u003cbr\u003eWinner of a 2019 Alcuin Society Award for Excellence in Book Design\u003cbr\u003eWinner of a 2020 Gourmand World Cookbook Award in Canada\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for a 2020 Taste Canada Award\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for a 2020 BC Yukon Book Prize\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for a 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHomegrown, modern recipes that feature the most treasured local ingredients from Vancouver Island's forests, fields, farms and sea.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOff the shore of Canada's west coast lies a food lover's island paradise. Vancouver Island's temperate climate nurtures a bounty of wild foods, heritage grains, organic produce, sustainable meats and artisan-crafted edible delights. This thoughtfully curated, beautifully photographed contemporary cookbook brings Vancouver Island's abundant food scene into the kitchens of home cooks everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether it's fresh blackberries, foraged chanterelles and fiddleheads, freshly harvested spot prawns or oysters, line-caught spring salmon, grass-fed beef, or cultivated foods like heritage red fife wheat, these recipes highlight the most sought-after ingredients on the island while honouring the producers and artisans dedicated to sustainable and ethical producing and harvesting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTry recipes like Craft Beer-Braised Island Beef Brisket, Nettle and Chèvre Ravioli, and Beetroot and Black Walnut Cake featuring Denman Island Chocolate. Divided into four sections--forest, field, farm, and sea--\u003ci\u003eCedar and Salt\u003c\/i\u003e places the most excellent local ingredients on a pedestal--and then onto your plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eForeword\u003c\/span\u003e 10\/26\/2019 (EAN 9781771512947, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eAcken, DL\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDanielle (DL) Acken\u003c\/b\u003e is a Canadian-born international food writer and photographer who splits her time between London, UK and her farm studio on Canada's beautiful Salt Spring Island. See her work at dlacken.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eLycopolus, Emily\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Lycopolus\u003c\/b\u003e is a recipe developer, the author of six olive oil-focused cookbooks, a level two olive oil sommelier, and the co-founder of eatcreative.ca, a food-driven creative content agency, and the founder of The Olive Oil Critic (oliveoilcritic.com). Her family owns an olive grove in central Italy, where her love of olive oil began. 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