Chefs in the Market Cookbook: Fresh Tastes and Flavours from Granville Island Public Market (Cooking Series)

A celebration of Pacific culinary culture - the Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver - this lively cook-book features recipey from more than 30 prominent chefs. From Karen Barnaby to Vikram Vij, Diane Clement to Rob Feenie, each contributor lends his or her own special talents to preparing tantalizing dishes using the fresh seasonal produce that abounds in market stalls and stores. Products as diverse as Fraser Valley quail and Saltspring Island goat cheese, fresh-shucked oysters and local chanterelles are presented with the flare and panache characteristic of today's finest West Coast cuisine. For the thousands of food lovers to whom farmer's markets are a grocery shopping mecca, the book offers guidelines to when produce is at its peak, as well as suggested paintings of regional food and wines.