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British Columbia from Scratch: Recipes for Every Season

A celebration of British Columbia through a cook`s palate and a photographer`s lens, this cookbook highlights the province`s diverse edible landscape, from the Pacific Ocean`s seafood to Okanagan fruit. The seasonal layout pairs an eclectic collection of made-from-scratch recipes with evocative images, paying tribute to wholesome unprocessed foods and the skilled farmers who grow them.Seafood lovers will find plenty of ideas for enjoying the Pacific`s bounty with recipes for halibut, salmon, oysters, mussels, clams and spot prawns. B.C.`s prized fruits are featured in summer pies, tarts, meringues and ice cream while fall and winter recipes showcase local pears, apples and cranberries. The Fraser Valley`s meats appear throughout the book, as do the region`s vegetables that make up vegetarian dishes like the award-winning Ratatouille Pie. There`s even a section for getting back to basics with everything from stocks, to pasta, to honest-to-goodness real mayonnaise.`British Columbia from Scratch` features the province`s most commonplace market ingredients, making this book as practical as it is beautiful.