2020 Taste Canada Cookbook Awards

A champion of Canadian cookbook authors, Taste Canada is a national not-for-profit that aims to inspire readers to discover delicious recipes and diverse food stories written from a Canadian perspective. Over the past two decades, Taste Canada Awards has honored hundreds of Canadian-authored books and blogs on an array of topics related to food. The awards cover both of Canada's official languages. The winners of the 2020 Taste Canada Cookbook Awards were announced at a virtual gala held on October 25.

There are slightly fewer categories for the Taste Canada awards versus the JBF or IACP awards: Culinary Narratives, General Cookbooks, Regional/Cultural Cookbooks, Single Subject Cookbooks, and Health/Special Diet Cookbooks. Each category features two winners for each language, gold medal and silver medal. The English-language winners in each category are:

Culinary Narratives

Gold - Chop Suey Nation by Ann Hui
Silver - Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food by Lenore Newman

General Cookbooks

Gold - Let Me Feed You by Rosie Daykin
Silver - Duchess at Home by Giselle Courteau

Regional/Culture

Gold - Coconut Lagoon: Recipes from a South Indian Kitchen by Joe Thottungal and Anne DesBrisay
Silver - Burdock & Co: Poetic Recipes Inspired by Ocean, Land & Air by Andrea Carlson

Single Subject

Gold - Oven to Table: Over 100 One-Pot and One-Pan Recipes for Your Sheet Pan, Skillet, Dutch Oven, and More by Jan Scott
Silver - Modern Lunch: +100 Recipes for Assembling the New Midday Meal by Allison Day

Health/Special Diet

Gold - Eat More Plants: Over 100 Anti-Inflammatory, Plant-Based Recipes for Vibrant Living by Desiree Nielsen
Silver - Sprout Right Family Food: Good Nutrition and Over 130 Simple Recipes for Baby, Toddler, and the Whole Family by Lianne Phillipson

Congratulations to all of the winners!

For a listing of Taste of Canada Award winners prior to 2020, please see this page.

3 comments

averythingcooksOctober 28, 2020

Let Me Feed you is a lovely book :)

annmartinaOctober 28, 2020

I'm excited to check out Chop Suey nation. I remember road trips across Canada, before the days of fast food, and the fantastic Chinese restaurants we would find.

BookWorm53October 28, 2020

Sadly, Coconut Lagoon fell victim to a fire earlier this week. Buying the cookbook is a small way to repay a chef and restaurateur who has invested his sweat and soul in feeding those less fortunate in Ottawa. He’s participated in a non-profit collaborative who distributes food throughout the city. Food that warms the body and soul. Glad Chef Thottungal was honoured.