cookbooks

Think you don't like candied fruit? From a tangy quince cheesecake to kirsch-steeped rice pudding, Camilla Wynne’s new cookbook will change your mind.

We asked our Cross-Canada Test Kitchen contributors to share their most dog-eared cookbooks of the year, from vegetarian to dessert.

Trust us, you'll be making their lemon cake recipe all summer long.

"These scone wedges are made in one big circle, just like a pizza. I am forever getting involved in the what-goes-first debate (cream or jam?), though to be honest, as long as neither is left off, I’m a happy girl. I once vowed never again to bake with lavender after an epic flavor disaster, but I have since learned that a little goes a long way. So, don’t be tempted to diverge from the quantities here, or you WILL regret it!" - Nadiya Hussain

Zucchini, strictly speaking, aren’t controversial, but they do tend to get a pretty lukewarm reaction from many, including, regrettably, two of our test-kitchen colleagues. The reason for this is probably zucchini’s high water content, which tends to make them, well, watery. There are plenty of ways to combat this—frying and grilling are two examples—but we actually use it to our advantage here, cooking the zucchini slowly in their own juices, making them fantastically soft and enhancing their flavour by a long soak with fried garlic. (And in the process, we also managed to win over our two zucchini-iffy colleagues, we’re happy to announce.) —Excerpted from 'Flavor,' by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage