Niagara Flavours: Guidebook & Cookbook (Flavours Cookbook) - Softcover

Matthews, Brenda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550286064 ISBN 13: 9781550286069

Publisher: Lorimer, 1998

Synopsis

Southwestern Ontario is a bountiful source of fruits, vegetables and delicious wines. Many of Canada's best and most innovative chefs work in the inns and restaurants of the region, and the cuisine they create is gaining an international reputation.

In this book, Brenda Matthews gathers more than 90 recipes displaying the full gastronomic range of the Niagara region: enjoy Cucumber Goat Cheese Torte, Roasted Pear and Sweet Potato Bisque with Lobster Cakes, Crab Salad with Artichokes, Lake Trout with Morels and Fiddleheads, Riesling-Marinated Berries with Bread and Butter Pudding.

Recipes come from restaurants and inns independently selected by the author on the basis of their quality and committment to local cuisine. Every recipe has been tested and adapted for home use. Profiles present basic information about each location and offer a description of cuisine, decor, and facilities, and a map helps locate each establishment.

Niagara Flavours celebrates the cuisine and the countryside of Niagara and southwestern Ontario. You'll find wonderful recipes, appealing full-colour photographs, and profiles of more than 40 fine dining establishments.

About this title

About the Author

BRENDA MATTHEWS was a keen observer of the hotel and dining scene in Ontario. She spent over a year visiting inns and restaurants to make her selections for this collection. She is also the author of Muskoka Flavours.

Review

"Even if you don't attempt Niagara Flavours' recipes yourself, it's a guide to eating your way around the southwestern part of Ontario on weekends." (Michael Hanlon Toronto Star)

"Niagara Flavours covers the burgeoning food-and-wine region of Niagara and southwestern Ontario. Recipes from various inns and restaurants emphasize regional ingredients." (Lucy Waverman Montreal Gazette)

"The profiles of the 44 bistros, cafes, cafeterias, inns, and fine restaurants in hotels are interesting and original. Especially apt is the chef's suggestion of a Niagara VQA wine to accompany each dish." (Marcia Sweet Canadian Book Review Annual)

"Regional cuisine is making its mark in Canadian publications. Books like Brenda Matthews' Niagara Flavours Guidebooks and Cookbooks target the ingredients and nuances of a particular geographical area of Canada." (Judy Creighton Guelph Mercury)

"Food and travel have always gone hand-in-hand and if your idea of a relaxing weekend is touring the backroads, winding through orchards and vineyards from farm to restaurant to winery, then Niagara Flavours, by Brenda Matthews, is the book for you. [It boasts a great selection of scrumptious recipes. You'll need nothing else to plan a decadent romantic weekend getaway complete with wine, food and accomodation." (Lynn Ogryzlo Standard)

Oakville author Brenda Matthews' powers of persuasion are the basis for Niagara Flavours Guidebook and Cookbook. She's managed to convince innovative chefs working in 44 of southwestern Ontario's top restaurants to share their favourite regional recipes. Cambridge's Langdon Hall and Stratford's the Church restaurant are among them. The softcover book also details accommodation available in the area. Photographs depicting the area's scenic landscapes are sprinkled among the recipes." (Record)

Edition details

• Publisher: Lorimer
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1550286064
• ISBN 13: 9781550286069
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128