Chef, restaurateur, bestselling author, and vivacious bonne vivante. Diane Clement has lived a life immersed in the culinary culture of Canada's West Coast. But she hasn't been confined to the kitchen. Along with her husband, Doug, she has travelled the world, sampling the fare each country has to offer and meeting fascinating people from all walks of life. In this combination cookbook/memoir, she looks back on five decades of favorite recipes and food, food-related memories and presents them all with infectious exuberance. Each of the more than 150 recipes reflects its era, from inspired variations on tried-and-true standards such as meatloaf and runa cisverole form the fifties, through the fusion of dishes of the nineties. A sampling of recipes from other food authorities such as John Bishop and Bonnie Stern completes this sparkling retrospective of mouthwatering delights from one of western Canada's best-loved food authorities.
Chef, restaurateur, bestselling author, and vivacious bonne vivante. Diane Clement has lived a life immersed in the culinary culture of Canada's West Coast. But she hasn't been confined to the kitchen. Along with her husband, Doug, she has travelled the world, sampling the fare each country has to offer and meeting fascinating people from all walks of life. In this combination cookbook/memoir, she looks back on five decades of favorite recipes and food, food-related memories and presents them all with infectious exuberance. Each of the more than 150 recipes reflects its era, from inspired variations on tried-and-true standards such as meatloaf and runa cisverole form the fifties, through the fusion of dishes of the nineties. A sampling of recipes from other food authorities such as John Bishop and Bonnie Stern completes this sparkling retrospective of mouthwatering delights from one of western Canada's best-loved food authorities.