Taste Canada releases shortlist for 2025 awards

Now in its 28th year, Taste Canada Awards / Les Lauréats des Saveurs du Canada has announced its shortlist of cookbooks vying for a coveted culinary writing award. Sixty-nine cookbooks entered the competition, written by authors from across Canada. The shortlist narrowed the competition to 43 entries. The winners will be announced at the Taste Canada Awards Soirée in Toronto, scheduled in November (date to be determined). This year’s event will be hosted by Anna Olson.

The awards are split between English and French language books, both including several categories of awards: Culinary Narrative, which is for books that are not primarily about recipes, such as books exploring culinary history, politics, social awareness, memoir or biography; General; Single Subject; Regional/Cultural; and Health or Special Diet.

The English-language shortlist is as follows:

Culinary Narrative

• Dining Out with History: At Atlantic Canada’s Historic Sites by Jan Feduck
• Foraging as a Way of Life: A Year-Round Field Guide to Wild Plants by Mikaela Cannon
• Hearty: On Cooking, Eating, and Growing Food for Pleasure and Subsistence by Andrea Bennett
• Poutine: A Deep-Fried Road Trip of Discovery by Justin Giovannetti Lamothe
• Walk, Eat, Repeat: Culinary Adventures on the Camino de Santiago by Lindy Mechefske

General Cookbooks

• Chuck’s Home Cooking: Family-Favourite Recipes from My Kitchen to Yours by Chuck Hughes
• Cook With Confidence: Over 100 Inspiring Recipes to Cook and Eat Together by Dennis Prescott
• Heydays at The June Motel: Beach Town Classics by Katie and Fred Laliberte and Evan and Emma Baulch
• Matty Matheson – Soups, Salads, Sandwiches by Matty Matheson
• The Side Gardener: Recipes & Notes from My Garden by Rosie Daykin

Regional / Cultural Cookbooks

• Souk to Table: Vibrant Middle Eastern Dishes for Everyday Meals by Amina Al-Saigh
• The Depanneur Cookbook by Len Senater
• The Route to Parsi Cooking: From Pars to India by Niloufer Mavalvala
• Zaatari: Culinary Traditions of the World’s Largest Syrian Refugee Camp by Karen E. Fisher
• Tiffy Cooks: 88 Easy Asian Recipes from My Family to Yours by Tiffy Chen
• Epiphany Bakes: 60 Sweet Recipes from our Cake Window to Your Kitchen by Melissa Owen

Single Subject Cookbooks

• Nature’s Candy: Timeless and Inventive Recipes for Creating and Baking with Candied Fruit by Camilla Wynne
• Kitten and the Bear Cookbook: Recipes for Small Batch Preserves, Scones, and Sweets from the Beloved Shop by Sophie Kaftal and Bobby Zielinski
• The Book of Sandwiches: Delicious to the Last Bite: Recipes for Every Sandwich Lover by Jason Skrobar
• Milk Into Cheese: The Foundations of Natural Cheesemaking Using Traditional Concepts, Tools, and Techniques by David Asher

Health or Special Diet Cookbooks

• Good Food, Good Mood: 100 Nourishing Recipes to Support Mind and Body Wellness by Tamara Green and Sarah Grossman
• Plant Magic: A Celebration of Plant-Based Cooking for Everyone by Desiree Nielsen
• The Artful Way to Plant-Based Cooking: Nourishing Recipes and Heartfelt Moments by Chloé Crane-Leroux and Trudy Crane
• Meals That Heal Inflammation, Completely Revised and Updated Edition: Embrace Healthy Living and Eliminate Pain, One Meal at a Time by Julie Daniluk
• The Feel-Good Meal Plan: A Fresh Take on Meal Prep with Over 100 Nourishing Recipes to Feed Your Family with Ease by Lindsay Pleskot

See our Taste of Canada Awards page for 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 and for prior winners see this page.