This text is part of the special book Plaisirs
New products, events, temporary activities… Each week, the Plaisirs section brings you gourmet news not to be missed. This time, we’re taking you to the Salon du livre de Montréal, which will take place from November 23 to 27. We have made it rhyme with gourmet literary novelties for women!
Winter recipes from a great lady
A well-known figure on our small screens, Josée di Stasio launched this fall the second opus of My season diaries, dedicated this time to the winter season. With a very neat graphic approach – hat with the cardboard cover that evokes the recipe books of our ancestors – she presents a slew of comforting recipes, often easy to make and adapted to everyday life. There are soups, main courses, pasta, side dishes and desserts. But also something to cook up good breakfasts, as well as a chapter on homemade bread, a skill that has become very popular. This generous notebook can be considered a good classic to keep in your kitchen. My season diaries. Autumn winter, Josée di Stasio, KO Editions, 256 pages.
Unusual weekends
Another great lady of Quebec gastronomy, pastry chef and journalist Lesley Chesterman, amazed us in 2020 with the publication of At Lesley’s, a book in which she interpreted 100 classics, each more delicious than the other, in her own way. This follower of good food and assumed anti-diet treats us again with A weekend at Lesley’s, a second book devoted to one of his favorite activities: entertaining. With the sense of detail and humor that we know her, the chef makes us salivate through recipes, very simple or more elaborate, which range from aperitif to dessert, and from brunch to tea time. A wealth of anecdotes and tips complete this dense book that is anything but ordinary. Unavoidable ! A weekend at Lesley’s. My gourmet ideas to share, Lesley Chesterman, Editions Cardinal, 352 pages.
The Three Asian… Sisters
Original ! It’s the least that can be said about Asian vegetables, a superb book that is both documentary, practical and gourmet. Signed by three sisters of Cantonese origin – a farmer, a nutritionist and a musician -, we discover the history, the culture and the way of preparing 15 Asian vegetables known, such as bok choy, or unknown, such as malabar spinach or leaf mustard. Some forty recipes from chefs complete this book, which proves that Quebec’s food sovereignty, as well as our gluttony, can open up to new horizons. Asian vegetables. Gardening, cooking, storytelling, The Wang sisters, Editions Parfum d’encre, 352 pages.
culinary cafe
Known all over the world, coffee has enjoyed unprecedented popularity in Quebec in recent years. Fans of this drink, as well as those who love coffee recipes, will therefore be interested in Coffee, a new book co-authored by Kareen Grondin, recipe designer for Ricardo for 15 years, and coffee specialist Didier Reolon. Structured according to three types of coffee roasting, 70 savory or sweet recipes including coffee or ideal to serve with coffee are presented in a richly illustrated book. A great gift idea for the holidays, why not? Coffee. Know it, cook it, appreciate it, Kareen Grondin and Didier Reolon, La Presse editions, 208 pages.
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