Niagara Flavours: Recipes from Southwest Ontario's Finest Chefs, Second Edition (Flavours Cookbook) [Paperback]

Brenda Matthews (Author), Linda Bramble (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 14, 2003 | Series: Flavours Cookbook

This book celebrates the cuisine and the countryside of Niagara and southwestern Ontario. You'll find wonderful recipes, appealing full-colour photographs, and up-to-the-minute profiles of more than 40 fine dining establishments. The Niagara Peninsula and southwestern Ontario grow some of Canada's tastiest fruits and vegetables and produce a wide range of fine wines. Many of Canada's best and most innovative chefs work at the inns and restaurants of this region, and the cuisine they are developing is rapidly growing in reputation.
This newly updated second edition contains over 90 of the Niagara region's best recipes. Brenda Matthews gathered recipes from the region's best chefs, then adapted them for home use. For this new edition, Linda Bramble has provided wine suggestions drawn from the finest of Niagara's recent vintages for many of the recipes.
Linda Bramble has also updated the listing of recommended restaurants, adding more than a dozen new restaurants in the region. The inn and restaurant profiles all contain current information, including basic information about each location along with descriptions of cuisine, décor, and facilities. A map will help you to locate each establishment.
As well as a cookbook and a full-colour album of southwestern Ontario, you can use this book as a reliable, independent guide to the best places to dine in a region popular with visitors from all around the world.

Editorial Reviews

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." (Toronto Star )

"Clearly Linda Bramble has extensive knowledge of the region's many fine and varied wines and has paired them well with the recipes therein." (Independently Reviewed )

"Excellent ... a recommended addition to any classy cookbook shelf." (Midwest Book Review )

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.

LINDA BRAMBLE is a certified sommelier and a well-known and highly respected wine writer. In addition to teaching at the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute at Brock University, Linda is the Senior Editor of Vines magazine, and was the Canadian contributor to The Oxford Companion to the Wines of North America. She lives in St. Catharines.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Lorimer; 2nd edition (October 14, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155028794X
• ISBN-13: 978-1550287943
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,119,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A treasury of fine, restaurant-quality dishes, February 7, 2005

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This review is from: Niagara Flavours: Recipes from Southwest Ontario's Finest Chefs, Second Edition (Flavours Cookbook) (Paperback)

Now in an updated second edition, Niagara Flavours: Recipes from Southwest Ontario's finest chefs is a treasury of fine, restaurant-quality dishes, many with recommended accompanying wines. Full-color photographs illustrate the sumptuous delicacies, and simple instructions make creating classy appetizers, soups, entrees, dinners and deserts a snap. Recipes such as Vodka Caesar Salad, Bebek Betutu (Roast Duck), Creme Brulee with Toffeed Strawberries, and much more fill this excellent and recommended addition to any classy cookbook shelf