Feast: Recipes and Stories from a Canadian Road Trip Hardcover – Illustrated, March 7, 2017

I have now purchased 4 copies- one for myself and 3 as gifts! It's a beautiful coffee table book, but also very practical as it contains plenty of recipes. The images are beautiful and the recipes range from fun to easy to exotic. There really is something for everyone and this book will keep you having fun in the kitchen (and impressing guests) for a long time! The authors are true foodies who obviously have a passion for food. Highly recommend!

Beautiful book. Only wish there was an index of recipes based by location.

Menus from the Great White North.100% Fattening :)

I love this book so much! I have cooked and baked several recipes, they all turned out really well. It's beautiful to read, and also to look at on a coffee table!

It brings back memories from her childhood. I could see a smile on her face when she was reading it.

To say Feast is not the book I expected is an understatement. In my head as I listened to the authors talk about their cross-country recipe collecting I thought it was going to be a book about their adventure along with some recipes. It is not. It is almost entirely recipes from people they met and many times using local ingredients. As a result, if you do not live in that particular region a lot of the recipes can not be adequately created.Although there are lots of photos of people in the book most of the time they are facing away from the camera. There were no captions so I had no idea who most of the people were. This alienated me from the book. The tendency of the book to insert a page about their experience in a province in the middle of the recipes was so very confusing.When it comes to recipes I tackled Greg’s Bella Coola Bannock which was fairly straightforward and made in a cast iron pan. They plumped up in the pan and browned nicely. I thought this was an OK recipe but nothing to write home about, unfortunately. I then decided to try Stephanie Le‘s Pork & Shrimp Wontons. I thought it was the perfect choice considering I live in Vancouver too like the recipe's author and could get special ingredients for her wontons. I had to go looking for Chinese black vinegar and sweet soy sauce for the recipe which I did successfully buy but could not find wood ear mushrooms. Frustrating! I used shiitake mushrooms instead. These were pretty good but again, I have had and made better.I conclude this is more of a food fantasy cookbook for the culinary Canadian out there. It is definitely a cookbook, not a foodie biography. I was hoping to see selfies and silly photos, read more stories… But! This is an exceptionally in-depth cookbook about food you can only find in Canada. It is a beautiful book that clearly a ton of work went into. If you are looking for a unique cookbook out there for the Canadian foodie-enthusiast I highly recommend it. If you are like me and want to hear the chronological story of their trip across Canada, sadly, it is a pass.

This book is truly a feast for all your senses! I pre-ordered my copy, and was delighted that it arrived several days early. I spent much time perusing through it, enjoying the authors' witty banter and engaging stories just as much as the cultural aspect and delicious looking recipes. It really is so much more than a recipe book, and gave me a new perspective on areas of Canada that I have not yet visited, and an appreciation for those I have.Each recipe is photographed beautifully, which makes them all the more appealing. Even my ten year old son enjoyed it, exclaiming over several different recipes that "we have to make!". We made the Apple Butter Sorbet, and it was rich and delicious, with equal parts sweet and tart.You can tell the authors see the value of food for more than just sustenance, and although some might be time consuming, I love the idea of food as a way to bring people together while they spend time on a common goal - whether it's preparing it or consuming it.You definitely won't regret this masterpiece, and I predict my coffee table and my kitchen will be fighting over it for quite some time.

2.5 starsThere doesn’t seem to be a definitive Canadian cookbook, and the authors of Feast squandered their chance. This is not a Canadian cookbook; this is a book with recipes from a road trip they made Up North. The recipes aren’t even arranged by province.To make matters worse, thrown in willy nilly are vapid vignettes of each province. Why does Yukon go with appetizers? We’ll never know. And what does seeing two bald eagles fight have to do with the Canadian experience? Your job, as authors, is to make that connection. Unfortunately, there are no worthy introductions to any province, nor to Canada, its history, or cuisine. But there so easily could be! The authors mention that sourdough played a role in the Gold Rush. Tell me how, because I am intrigued. They also mention Russian immigration. Tell me how and where and when. Tell me if they brought more than the clichéd borscht with them. And please tell me why there’s a Sri Lankan curry appetizer in Toronto, because the story would be fascinating and I really want to know it. Give. Me. Details!It’s a wasted opportunity for the authors, who could have written a milestone work. Instead, they wrote a scrapbook that will mean little to anyone but themselves.I will give the authors credit for including photographs with each recipe and for suggesting substitutions for hard-to-find items.I will update if I decide to make anything from the book.

Excellent broad coverage of food, restaurants, and chefs across Canada. Could have included many other foods, restaurants and other very talented chefs. Its a good start. Hopefully there will be a Feast 2.

I stumbled upon the authors' blog months ago and when I read they were releasing a book on their cross Canada journey, I made a mental note to purchase it when it came out. The book appears to focus on ingredients and the contributions of the unique people they met across the country, and the recipes are so much richer for it. I have tried the tourtiere and okanagan buttermilk cherry pie so far, and they were two of the best dishes I have ever made. I did have one small issue however- it seems that the baking time on the buttermilk cherry pie is way off- it needed more than twice the baking time listed, and for some reason it makes enough custard for 2 (!) pies (not that I'm complaining on that). Perhaps there was a typo in the temperature? No matter, I am looking forward to trying more of these beautiful recipes and reading about the people behind them. Highly recommended.

Ordered this book as gift, hopefully providing a good representation of Canadian cookery. The book was delivered via Amazon Prime - damaged. I applied for a replacement. It also arrived - damaged. There is absolutely no way to contact Customer Service so now my order is in “limbo” and the order under review until both books are returned.The book itself is mediocre at best. A number of the recipes look interesting but I’m sure you could download similar ones easily from Pinterest. The expected stories about foodie road trip travels across Canada were disappointing and minimal at best.If you want to gamble on receiving a damaged book with recipes (containing ingredients you probably can’t find without a trip out of province) go for it ! Otherwise, recommend passing on this publication.

I bought this book for my aunt because she borrowed it from the library and loved it. She was extremely pleased and has made multiple recipes with it :D

Fabulous book and interesting stories along with great recipes