'Fresh and local' is the way that more and more Canadians are shopping and cooking. We are all discovering that food produced by local growers, often using organic methods, are a far tastier and healthier alternative to out-of-season produce brought long distances to supermarkets.
Craig Flinn, owner and chef of Chives Canadian Bistro in Halifax, was an early and enthusiastic advocate of the fresh and local approach to food and cuisine. He has sought out and championed local producers, and worked with them to obtain a wider range of ingredients. He is a familiar figure at the Halifax farmers market. He has been a supporter and advocate of the 'Slow Food' movement in Canada. His restaurant menu shifts with the seasons, and features the full range of quality locally obtained seafoods, meats, vegetables and fruits.
Now in this cookbook he shares 150 of his best recipes featuring fresh and local ingredients. Allhave been carefully tested and adapted for home use. They range from enjoyable, tasty dishes that are easy to prepare to special elegant dinner party fare.
Great spring recipes include Fiddlehead Soup and Smoked Gouda Cheese Souffle; Caramelized Sea Scallops with Westphalean Ham, Swiss Chard, Lovage and Lemon Risotto; and Wild Blueberry Biscuit Pudding with Lemon Curd.
For summer Craig's suggestions include Cedar Planked Sea Trout with Hodge Podge; Garden Vegetable Fusilli with Smoked Tomato Sauce and Olives; and Plum Tartlet with Brown Sugar Ice Cream.
Among the fall harvest recipes are Simple Roasted Squash Soup, Apple, Cranberry and Star Anise Chutney; and Muscat Poached Pear and Goat Cheese Tartlet.
Winter recipes include with Fried Feta and Grilled Winter Vegetable Salsa; Smoked Bacon, Oka Cheese and Sweet Potato Gratin; and Warm Chocolate Cake with Bumbleberry Sauce.

Fresh & Local: Straight from Canadian farms to your table (Flavours Cookbook)

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Flinn, Craig

Regional & International

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Top chefs across Canada are reinventing bistro cooking, using the best of seasonal, local ingredients in creative menus with innovative, affordable dishes that are relatively simple to prepare. Catering to the way that Canadians are shopping and cooking now, the recipes in Fresh Canadian Bistro showcase the quality and flavours of market fresh and locally obtained seafood, meats, vegetables and fruit.
Author Craig Flinn, chef of Chives Canadian Bistro in Halifax, has persuaded many of Canada's leading chefs to share some of their best recipes for this collection. Among the 35 contributors are Michael Smith (Food Network); Jamie Kennedy (Jamie Kennedy at the Gardiner &amp; Wine Bar, Toronto); Ned Bell (Cabana Grill, Kelowna); Martin Ruis Salvador (Fleur de Sel, Lunenburg); Paul Rogalski (Rouge, Calgary); Antony Walsh (Canoe, Toronto); and Michael Allemeier (Mission Hill Winery,Okanagan).
The dishes include Foie Gras Poutine (Black Cat Bistro, Ottawa) and Okanagan Fruit Upside Down Cake with Lemon Thyme Ice Cream (Cabana Grille, Kelowna). Dishes showcase choice ingredients, such as Smoked Wild Arctic Char, Crab and Asparagus Wraps (Ray Lovell, Nunavut); Buffalo Mozzarella, Heirloom Tomato and Polenta Salad (Millcroft Inn, Alton-Caledon); and Rhubarb Glazed Scallops (Rhubarb Grill, Indian Harbour).
The 80 recipes have been tested and adapted for home use. To stress the commitment to fresh local ingredients, they are keyed to the appropriate season.
Full-colour photography throughout the book will encourage home cooks to try these delicious and innovative dishes.

Fresh Canadian Bistro: Top Canadian chefs share their favourite recipes

Fresh & Local (Pocket Size): Straight from Canadian farms to your table (Flavours Cookbook)

Think this whole fresh food thing is only for the chichi yuppies next door? Author and top Canadian chef Craig Flinn heard that objection from people who love his previous cookbooks — but can't cook with expensive fresh and local ingredients every night. Chef Craig took that response as a challenge: how to cook with market fresh local ingredients that you can easily put together without breaking the bank. In this new book he offers a tempting collection of 80+ recipes that are fresh, local – and affordable. From delectable brunch dishes like Pork Schnitzel with Fried Free Range Egg, Swiss Chard, and Brown Butter to seafood dishes like Fried Steamer Clams with Celery Root Purée, Lemon and Watercress or the decadent Moccacino Crème Caramel, chef Craig shows how making smart choices while you shop at your local farmers market or supermarket can wow your guests or family while keeping your grocery bill down. These recipes have been tested by home cooks and adapted to meet busy schedules and modest budgets.The full-colour photography and preparation times listed for each recipe will help the home cook chef it up like a pro in no time at all.

Fresh & Frugal: Easy and affordable recipes for market-fresh local food

Cooking Methods

From traditional white-fish cakes and rich, elegant crab cakes to exotically spiced Asian dishes, fishcakes are enjoyed in homes and restaurants the world over. Scrumptious &amp; Sustainable Fishcakes celebrates this humble classic, combining the best traditional recipes with innovative and delicious creations as prepared by some of Canada's best chefs.
 Included are such offerings as cornmeal-crusted salmon cakes with apricot and currant chutney, smoked line-caught haddock cakes with sweet corn and tartar sauce, and chilled Atlantic lobster salad cakes. Beautiful full-colour photographs show the delicious final results.
 All of the recipes recommend the most sustainable seafood options available from both Atlantic and Pacific coasts, with website links for further information. All recipes have been tested and adapted for home use.
 These recipes have been collected from chefs across Canada by six Maritime cookbook creators. For many years Elizabeth Feltham wrote a weekly food column for The Coast in Halifax. Sisters Elaine Elliot and Virginia Lee are food enthusiasts who have published many cookbooks, including the best-selling Maritime Flavours. Chef Craig Flinn has published three cookbooks featuring fresh, local cooking. Sandra Nowlan and Maureen Tilley have each published healthy eating cookbooks.

Scrumptious & Sustainable Fishcakes: A Collection of the Best Sustainable Fishcake Recipes from Canadian Chefs, Coast to Coast (Flavours Cookbook)

Elliot, Elaine

Lee, Virginia

Nowlan, Sandra

Feltham, Elizabeth

Tilley, Maureen

Cooking by Ingredient

Out of New Nova Scotia Kitchens: Best-loved East Coast Dishes for Today

There are many great classics of down-home Maritime cooking, handed down for generations. Based on fresh, local, plentiful produce, these are dishes that Maritimers and visitors alike love.
 As a champion of Nova Scotia cooking and the local food movement, Craig Flinn has enjoyed these dishes all his life. In his new cookbook, he offers great new ways for the cook at home to make these classics taste even better. Included in the collection: The Halifax Donair, The Ultimate Seafood Chowder, Lobster Rolls, Fish Battered Three Ways -- as well as new twists on classics like Scallop and Asparagus Carbonara, Kale Caesar Salad, and the East Coast Reuben Sandwich. Every recipe has been home-cook tested to guarantee great results.
 This is a cookbook every Nova Scotian, old and young, will want in their kitchen -- and every visitor will want to take home.

As a champion of Nova Scotia cooking, Craig Flinns passion is to seek out, taste, cook, and share the very best locally sourced foods. Starting with traditional dishes, he has developed tasty contemporary versions that everyone will enjoy. The recipes are updated, contemporary versions of flavourful Maritime classics organized by season. Based on fresh, local, plentiful produce, these are dishes that Maritimers and visitors alike will love. This is a cookbook every Nova Scotian, old and young, will want in their kitchenand every visitor will want to take home.

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Fresh & Local: Straight from Canadian farms to your table (Flavours Cookbook)

Fresh Canadian Bistro: Top Canadian chefs share their favourite recipes

Fresh & Local (Pocket Size): Straight from Canadian farms to your table (Flavours Cookbook)

Fresh & Frugal: Easy and affordable recipes for market-fresh local food

Scrumptious & Sustainable Fishcakes: A Collection of the Best Sustainable Fishcake Recipes from Canadian Chefs, Coast to Coast (Flavours Cookbook)

Out of New Nova Scotia Kitchens: Best-loved East Coast Dishes for Today

Out of New Nova Scotia Kitchens: Best-loved East Coast Dishes for Today