TouchWood Editions is pleased to announce that Katie Bickell’s Always Brave, Sometimes Kind has been shortlisted for the 2021 ReLit Awards in the Novel category. The announcement was made on April 19 on the award’s Instagram page and the winners will be announced on April 23. The ReLit Award is a Canadian literary prize awarded … Continued
TouchWood Editions is pleased to announce that Flat Out Delicious: Your Definitive Guide to Saskatchewan’s Food Artisans by Jenn Sharp has been shortlisted in four award categories for the 2021 Saskatchewan Book Awards. The announcement was made on April 15 and the winners will be decided in an online ceremony on June 17. Flat Out … Continued
TouchWood Editions is pleased to announce that The E. J. Hughes Book of Boats by Robert Amos and Orphans of Empire by Grant Buday have been shortlisted for the 2021 BC and Yukon Book Prizes. The shortlist announcement was made April 8 and the winners will be announced at their awards gala on September 18. … Continued
As we bid adieu to 2020, we are sending our warmest wishes to you and yours for a cozy holiday season. And from our kitchen to yours, we’re pleased to share this festive recipe for Poire Belle-Hélène from Bisous and Brioche by Laura Bradbury and Rebecca Wellman. Image of Poire Belle-Hélène by Rebecca Wellman from Bisous … Continued
TouchWood Editions is thrilled to announce that Cedar and Salt, the award-winning cookbook by DL Acken and Emily Lycopolus, has been shortlisted for the 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Awards. The announcement was made November 10, 2020. Featuring more than 100 recipes that showcase the best of Vancouver Island’s homegrown and locally produced ingredients, Cedar and … Continued
TouchWood Editions is thrilled to announce that Cedar and Salt by DL Acken and Emily Lycopolus is the joint First Prize winner of a 2019 Alcuin Society Award for Excellence in Book Design. TouchWood designer Tree Abraham is the recipient of the award. The announcement was made October 7, 2020. Featuring more than 100 recipes … Continued
A Spicy Touch by Noorbanu Nimji and Karen Anderson is one of 49th Shelf’s cookbooks of the summer. If you’ve been craving Indo–East African foods, stop scrolling through those takeout menus and check these recipes out—you’ll have and tandoori chicken and spicy spuds on the grill in no time! Tandoori Chicken Spicy Barbecued Chicken This succulent … Continued
TouchWood Editions is thrilled to announce that both Show Me the Honey by Dave Doroghy and Tapping the West by Scott Messenger have won Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in the Canadian competition. Show Me the Honey: Adventures of an Accidental Apiarist by Dave Doroghy, the winner of the Best Book on Honey in Canada, is … Continued
“Staycation” and “domestic tourism” are the buzz words of the summer. Luckily for Canadians, we live in one of the most uniquely beautiful and geographically diverse countries in the world. Each of our gorgeous provinces offers a variety of socially distant activities for you and you family to discover and explore safely (especially if approached … Continued
TouchWood Editions is thrilled to announce that both Cedar and Salt by DL Acken and Emily Lycopolus and Island Craft by Jon C. Stott have been shortlisted for 2020 Taste Canada Awards. The shortlist was announced June 25; winners will be celebrated with a virtual awards ceremony on October 25. “Now, more than ever, people … Continued
We were so sorry to hear of the passing of Noorbanu Nimji on June 10, 2020, co-author of A Spicy Touch. Noorbanu was born in Nairobi, Kenya not long after her parents moved from Gujarat, India. Her cooking reflects the dishes of Gujarat and other North India regional influences. Life in Kenya added East African dishes to … Continued
Food Security Is Just a Seedling Away By Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau During WWI and WWII and into the 1950s, the Canadian government encouraged its citizens to grow their own food. Not only would you be supplementing your own food supply at a time when rations were scarce and store shelves were growing bare, … Continued