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58 B C B U S I N E S S . C A J A N U A R Y 2 0 24 LET'S MAKE A MEAL Cooking the books is fine—so long as you're referring to following recipes from talented B.C. chefs. Pick up some kitchen lingo from The Bear and you're set by Alyssa Hirose I N V E N T O R Y 5. Weeknight Hero Vancouver chef (and YouTube star—she has 1.84 million subscrib- ers) Pailin Chongchit- nant is serving up her second book. Sabai: 100 Simple Thai Recipes for Any Day of the Week contains, well, 100 Thai recipes. Look for favourites like red curry chicken, garlic shrimp and mapo tofu. hot-thai-kitchen.com 2. Plant-Baked Vegans, take note: Whistler bakery Bred just released its eponymous cookbook in November, and co-owners Ed and Natasha Tatton are sharing all of their sourdough secrets (plus recipes for pizza, cinnamon buns, English muffins and babka). No eggs, no milk, no problem... you'll be maintain- ing that sourdough starter like a mother. edsbred.com 4. Chain Reaction Local hospitality legend Earls recently celebrated its 40th anniversary and marked the milestone with—you guessed it—an anniver- sary edition of their cookbook. Earls: The Cookbook, edited by Vancouver writer Jim Sutherland, contains 16 "new classics," including the salmon zen bowl and scallop risotto, in addition to old faves like Jack sticks, Hunan kung pao and vindaloo curry. indigo.ca 1. Off the Vine The Okanagan Val- ley's greatest chefs all pitched in to this new cookbook: think folks from the Naramata Inn, Row Fourteen, Phantom Creek, Mission Hill, Cannery Brewing and more. Vancouver- Island based authors Dawn Postnikoff and Joanne Sasvari penned Okanagan Eats, including tales from each participat- ing restaurant—it's recipes and origin stories rolled into one. figure1publishing.com 3. Hot Cocoa Steven Hodge, owner of Vancouver's Tem- per Chocolate and Pastry, dipped into the world of cook- books last fall: Choco- late All Day just launched last Octo- ber. The super-sweet book covers essential skills like mirror glazes and buttercream, plus recipes for dark chocolate cheese- cake, chocolate rasp- berry brownies and chocolate sticky buns. temperpastry.com 6. Shaking It Up Okay, maybe you didn't know you need- ed a cocktail inspired by Virginia Woolf or Octavia Butler, but you do. Buzzworthy: Cocktails Inspired by Female Literary Greats by Vancouver- based Jennifer Croll takes some of his- tory's raddest women writers and stirs up fantastic literary liba- tions. For example, the Mary Shelley uses parts of a Manhat- tan and a margarita... a Frankenstein's monster of a cocktail. massybooks.com 1 2 3 4 5 6