“Lo’s introduction is friendly and welcoming. She’s clear that her recipes are very much a ‘fusion’ experiment, blending her own Chinese culinary heritage, the multiculturalism of her native Toronto, and her travels. They are inspired by her experiences, and at the top of each recipe she shares her inspiration for the recipe and even includes a QR code so that we can listen to the song that reminds her of the dish.” Trish Bowering reviews My Best Friend Is Gluten-Free: 100+ Asian-inspired Recipes for Bringing People Together, by Jannell Lo (Toronto: Appetite by Random House, 2025) $30 / 9780525612780
Sustenance: Writers from BC and Beyond on the Subject of Food by Rachel Rose (editor) Vancouver: Anvil Press, 2017 $25.00 / 9781772141016 Review by Caroline Woodward First published Dec. 20, 2017 * As Poet Laureate for the City of Vancouver from 2014-2017, Rachel Rose wanted a community project which offered another world view than the muttering…
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The Amazing Mazie Baker: the Squamish Nation’s Warrior Elder by Kay Johnston Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press, 2016 $24.95 / 9781987915068 Reviewed by Dorothy Kennedy First published Jan. 14, 2017 * In The Amazing Mazie Baker, Kay Johnston exposes the life and work of Mazie Baker (born 1931), the Squamish gadfly and firebrand who exposed irregularities…
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