Definitive Guide to Canadian Artisanal and Fine Cheeses or Herbs

Definitive Guide to Canadian Artisanal and Fine Cheeses

Author: Gurth Pretty

The most comprehensive guide to Canadian cheeses ever published.

Chef Gurth Pretty is Canada's food and beverage ambassador. In his definitive guide, he introduces the country's cheesemakers, describes their cheeses, and provides 30 delicious recipes developed with the cheesemakers themselves.

Canada's fine cheeses cross the country -- from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. Selections include those produced by David Wood of Salt Spring Island Cheese Company; the raw milk cheeses of La Bergerie aux 4 Vents; Ermite by the monks of Abbaye Saint-Benoît-du-Lac; Monforte Dairy's Toscano; and Emanuela Leoni s Leoni-Grana.

There is also information provided for:

• Storing and serving cheese


• Purchasing the featured cheeses


• Locating cheese festivals and competitions


• Cheese and wine pairings.

The varieties include cow, goat and sheep cheeses using raw, thermalized, pasteurized and organic milk. The Definitive Guide to Canadian Artisanal and Fine Cheeses is a cheese lover's delight.

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Herbs: The Complete Gardener's Guide

Author: Patrick Lima

Herbs sets a new standard of excellence for illustrated gardening books. Turid Forsyth's photographs and watercolor illustrations capture all the beauty and detail of these fascinating and practical plants. Patrick Lima's highly readable and entertaining text, chock-full of helpful advice and wry anecdotal observations, packs the maximum amount of information in the most accessible and enjoyable form.

Chapters are devoted to: Selecting and Growing Herbs, Soil, Perennial Kitchen Herbs, Thyme, Alliums, Herbs to Blend and Brew, Herbs for Fragrance, Growing Herbs Indoors, Cooking with Fresh Herbs and Gathering Wild Herbs. A chapter is devoted to herbs with seeds such as caraway, chives, coriander, cress, mustard and poppy and another to sages for seasoning and teas as well as for adding color to the flowerbed.

This volume, as beautiful as it is useful, combines the wisdom of two longtime gardeners to make Herbs, The Complete Gardener's Guide, a delightful and essential addition to any gardener's library.

Lexington Herald-Leader

Striking color photographs and detailed watercolors ... This is a delightful and very informative read.

E-Streams

A high-quality, extremely readable and gorgeous treatise ... The photography by Turid Forsyth is nothing short of magnificent.

American Reference Book Annual

A most attractive coffee-table book, this volume is at the same time an excellent reference resource for the herb gardener.

Appleton Post-Crescent

The informational material in this book is exquisitely complemented by photos and illustrations ...as beautiful as it is useful.

Colorado Homes & Lifestyle Magazine

Herbs provides you with the essential knowledge to build your herbal garden from the soil up ... fun read.

The Hamilton Spectator - Robert Howard

What a lovely, informative and motivating book this is.

Paper Clips

Filled with delightful vignettes and essential advice ... lavishly illustrated.

Publishers Weekly

Leafy, flowering vines and kitchen herbs, seeds, pods, bulbs and all things herbal are showcased in this expansive study. Lima (The Art of Perennial Gardening) and Forsyth focus on the plants' physical characteristics rather than on cultivation: how they look, smell, feel and taste, what makes them thrive, which parts make the best food or medicine. With some basic but not comprehensive know-how ("This 3-foot North American herb [anise-hyssop] wants a place in the middle of a bed of tea herbs or perennials"), the book offers facts and aesthetic appreciation, and as such will primarily benefit cognoscenti. A handful of recipes and hundreds of photos enhance this charming book. (Oct.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.