Quick and easy meals will always have a place in our kitchens (and in our hearts), but sometimes it's nice to take your time and put a meal together with a little extra care and love. This all-new collection of recipes will tempt family and friends to the table for Sunday supper, or for a home-cooked dinner any day of the week. 
 Whether you want to prepare an elegant feast for a special occasion or need some simple ideas for meals that will entice your family back to good food, good conversation and laughter at the dinner table, these recipes celebrate what's on the table -- and who's around it.

Best of Bridge Sunday Suppers: All-New Recipes for Family and Friends

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Van Rosendaal, Julie

Duncan, Sue

Chorney-Booth, Elizabeth

Main Courses & Side Dishes

Robert Rose

Recipes for low-fat, easy-to-make and easy-to-eat snacks. 
 For grazers, party throwers or occasional snackers, this anticipated follow-up to Julie Van Rosendaal's successful One Smart Cookie provides recipes for easy-to-prepare, portable, good-for-you and (most importantly) delicious food that doesn't require a knife and fork. 
 Healthy alternatives to vending-machine junk food, these snacks can feed a crowd when hungry friends drop by. This is real food you can take with you wherever you go, even if it's only as far as the couch. The recipes take little time to prepare and are easy to carry along on hikes or picnics, and to school, work or anywhere hunger might hit. 
 Try the:
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<li>Chorizo Chipotle Dip</li> <li>Curried Peanut Shrimp</li> <li>Balsamic Mushroom Crostini</li> <li>Jerk Chicken Skewers</li> </ul>

Grazing: Portable Snacks And Finger Food for Anytime, Anywhere

Whitecap Books Ltd.

The survival guide for first-time cooks, with 250 super-simple recipes. 
 Designed to help new cooks find independence, Starting Out is filled with crucial tips, basic cooking techniques, and guidelines for stocking cupboards and refrigerator with staples. A first cookbook, instruction guide, and food resource, the book includes easy-to-prepare dishes that any beginner can follow easily. There are even "first aid" tips for fixing food disasters! 
 Some of the features in this cookbook are: 
 Glossary of common cooking terms Measurements chart Simple menus Party ideas Ingredient resource guide Shopping tips (and even tips for doing laundry). 
 Starting Out has more than enough delicious and nutritious dishes for the university student or budding executive. Included are simple, quick and effortless recipes for cooking for one, such as Turkey Burgers, Pad Thai, and Basic Curry. There are also more impressive yet still easy-to-follow recipes for entertaining, like Chicken a la King, Chicken Parmigiana, and Curried Peanut Shrimp.

Starting Out: The Essential Guide to Cooking on Your Own

Quick & Easy

Whitecap Books

Learning to cook delicious meals using healthy ingredients is a snap in this new cookbook. With humorous anecdotes and current factoids on health, Julie and Sue explain everything from the truth behind beans and flatulence to demystifying the simple process of soaking and cooking dried beans and lentils. 
 At a time when eating foods that are as good for the environment as they are for us is a growing concern, whole, healthy, high-fibre foods such as beans and grains are in high demand. Helpful info from gastroentrologist Dr. Guido Van Rosendaal also highlights the physical benefits of incorporating more legumes and whole grains into our everyday diets. 
 Spilling the Beans covers it all, from how to cook up beans and grains, to how to add healthy fibre to your favorite desserts. An entire section on baking delicious desserts with beans amps up cakes, bars, and cookies with flavour and fiber.

Spilling The Beans: Cooking And Baking With Beans and Grains Everyday

Cooking by Ingredient

A delightful combination of the Alice story, with recipes inspired by the story and original illustrations. This beautiful volume is the full text of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, complemented by recipes such as Cheshire Cat's.

Alice Eats: A Wonderland Cookbook

Lamielle, Pierre A.

Cooking Education & Reference

The old adage, 'It's not what's on the table, it's who's at the table,' means more to home cooks as the stuffy, fussy, pretentious dinner party of the past disappears, making way for a new entertaining ideal. People naturally gather together over food; it's a huge part of any celebration, and a means of coming together for more casual daily social interactions. Dinner parties are making a comeback - with more focus on gathering over easy, casual food, there's less pressure for fancy recipes, immaculate table settings and perfect presentation. Home cooks crave comfortable ways to socialize with friends and family, whether it be a special occasion or a means of reconnecting on a regular weeknight. 
 Gatherings puts the focus on real situations that bring people together, whether the occasion is a birthday or holiday, or just an excuse to reconnect and strengthen relationships. The book will be broken down into casual scenarios, with recipes, drinks or cocktails, and easy serving, decor and presentation suggestions for each. It will appeal to those less inclined to spend money eating out, who are still interested in socializing or hosting more casual home parties. It will benefit those who can't cook, have a small space, don't know how to mix drinks or easily decorate, or are intimidated by all that organizing a party entails, from estimating quantities to storing and serving. Gatherings makes social occasions easy and approachable, and strengthens relationships while building confidence in the kitchen. 
 Taste Canada - The Food Writing Awards finalist, 2015, General Cookbooks category

Gatherings: Bringing People Together with Food

Scott, Jan

Entertaining & Holidays

With 70 easy-to-follow recipes for healthy, homemade dog treats, this beautiful book makes the ideal gift for any dog lover. Alongside recipes for classic treats like Peanut Butter Bones and Cheese Sticks, you'll find grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, and even vegetarian options. This cookbook also includes information about how to customize any of the recipes to suit your dog’s specific diet. Homemade dog treats have many advantages over the store-bought varieties. They are more economical, and there’s no unnecessary packaging. And you control exactly what goes into them, which means no preservatives, no strange chemicals, and no unsafe ingredients. In the Dog Kitchen shows you that homemade dog treats are not only budget friendly, they’re also quick and easy to make. Because our canine companions deserve the very best!

In the Dog Kitchen: Great Snack Recipes for Your Dog

Touchwood Editions

British Columbia's famed Okanagan Valley boasts rich, fertile soil, endless days of summer sun, and a pristine lake fed by pure mountain streams. This magical combination makes it home to some of the most delicious fruit in the world. The BC Tree Fruits cooperative is owned by more than 500 local grower families, and their apples, peaches, pears, cherries, and other fruits are sought out by thousands every season. This beautiful cookbook by Canadian bestselling author Julie Van Rosendaal is a collection of the absolute best, triple-tested recipes for the annual bounty of Okanagan fruit. In addition to classic recipes for pies, cobblers, cakes, and preserves, Van Rosendaal also shares less conventional recipes for fruit in salads, soups, and even main dishes. With photos throughout and primers on the best ways to use different varieties of each type of fruit, this is the Okanagan fruit cookbook for today's locavore.

Out of the Orchard: Recipes for Fresh Fruit from the Sunny Okanagan

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