Some book news: Maple Syrup, my book about the history of the sweetener in Canada, has made it to the 2026 Taste Canada Awards Shortlist in the category, “Culinary Narrative.”
Taste Canada writes of this category: “The award is given to the best food- or beverage-related narrative written by a Canadian author (or authors) that is not primarily a recipe book. This category may include books exploring culinary history, politics, social awareness, memoir or biography, all relating to food, and may include some representative recipes. In this category, however, recipes (if any) will not be tested. In most cases, the overall style of the book will be narrative, but reference texts will be included in this category as well. The topic or theme need not be Canadian.”