Product Description
In this book, 12 leading chefs in three Canadian cities share their ideas and feelings about food, with intimacy, insight and humour. For them, the creation of food is synonymous with life. A Passion for Food combines secrets of how they define taste and create their dishes, and also delves into personal experiences , their lives in the kitchen, and the stamina, decication and loves it takes to be a chef, whether at a neighbourhood bistro or a four-star hotel.
About the Author
Gerry Shikatani is the author of A Passion for Food: Conversations with Canadian Chefs, Lake and Other Stories, Aqueduct, 1988: Selected Poems and Texts, A Sparrow's Food (Coach House Press), The Book of Tree (Underwhich Editions), and the co-editor of Paper Doors: Japanese-Canadian Poetry in English. Journalist, performance artist, poet, fictioneer, sports expert and gourmet, Shikatani's international reputation is growing. He divides his time between Montreal, Paris, Vancouver and Toronto.
