18 must-read nonfiction books like Cedar & Salt: Vancouver Island Recipes from Forest, Farm, Field, and Sea by DL Acken

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Cedar & Salt: Vancouver Island Recipes from Forest, Farm, Field, and Sea

By: DL Acken

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book that Shaped 2019Winner of a 2020 Gourmand World Cookbook Award in Can…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Cedar & Salt: Vancouver Island Recipes from Forest, Farm, Field, and Sea by DL Acken , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Mastering the Art of French Cooking

By: Julia Child , Simone Beck , Louisette Bertholle , Sidonie Coryn

4.25

Format: 684 pages, Hardcover

For over fifty years, New York Times bestseller Mastering the Art of French Cooking has been the de… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
"Just like becoming an expert in wine–you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford–you learn about great food by finding the best there is, whether simply or luxurious. The you savor it, analyze …"

-Julia Child, Mastering the Art of French Cooking

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2. Prince of Darkness

By: Barbara Michaels

3.58

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A stranger has come to Middleburg, Maryland, a visitor from abroad with a mysterious purpose. But t… read more

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3. Picnic at Hanging Rock

By: Joan Lindsay

3.67

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

It was a cloudless summer day in the year nineteen hundred. Everyone at Appleyard College for Yo… read more

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"Thinking's all right if you have the time for it."

-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock

"At every step the prospect ahead grew more enchanting with added detail of crenellated crags and lichen-patterned stone. Now a mountain laurel glossy above the dogwood's dusty silver leaves, now a da…"

-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock

"Although we are necessarily concerned, in a chronicle of events, with physical action by the light of day, history suggests that the human spirit wanders farthest in the silent hours between midnight…"

-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock

"And now, at last, after a lifetime of linoleum and asphalt and Axminster carpets, the heavy flat-footed woman trod the springing earth. Born fifty-seven years ago in a suburban wilderness of smoke-gr…"

-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock

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4. A Taste of Haida Gwaii: Food Gathering and Feasting at the Edge of the World

By: Susan Musgrave

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Using her esoteric knowledge of food and her love of the island s colourful locals, Susan Musgrave … read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
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5. Made in Quebec

By: Julian Armstrong

3.02

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Canada's culinary treasure revealed in recipes, stories and photographs. Canada has a culinary trea… read more

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  • cookbooks
Cover of The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Tim Flannery, Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst, Suzanne Simard

6. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

By: Tim Flannery , Peter Wohlleben , Jane Billinghurst , Suzanne Simard

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains… read more

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  • nonfiction
"A tree’s most important means of staying connected to other trees is a “wood wide web"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

"Trees could solve the problems if people trying to improve things would only allow them to takeover"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

"So many questions remain unanswered. Perhaps we are poorer for having lost a possible explanation or richer for having gained a mystery. But aren't both possibilities equally intriguing?"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

7. The Winter People

By: Jennifer McMahon

3.73

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling author of Promise Not to Tellreturns with a simmering literary thrill… read more

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8. Half Baked Harvest Cookbook: Recipes from My Barn in the Mountains

By: Tieghan Gerard

4.60

Format: 645 pages, Hardcover

Tieghan Gerard grew up in the Colorado mountains as one of seven children. When her dad took too lo… read more

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9. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • canada
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10. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

By: Anna Keay

4.39

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more

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  • nonfiction
"This book was born of ignorance."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

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11. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds

By: Thomas Halliday

4.13

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more

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  • nonfiction
"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"

-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds

"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"

-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds

Cover of The Lazy Genius Kitchen: Have What You Need, Use What You Have, and Enjoy It Like Never Before by Kendra Adachi

12. The Lazy Genius Kitchen: Have What You Need, Use What You Have, and Enjoy It Like Never Before

By: Kendra Adachi

4.07

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lazy Genius Way comes a fresh perspective for get… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
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13. The Vegan Chinese Kitchen: Recipes and Modern Stories from a Thousand-Year-Old Tradition: A Cookbook

By: Hannah Che

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

100+ fresh, plant-based, umami-packed recipes that show the range of traditional and modern Chinese… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
Cover of Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files by Deb Perelman

14. Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files

By: Deb Perelman

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A collection of essential recipes for meals you'll want to prepare again and again, from Cozy Chick… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell

15. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

By: Amanda Montell

3.54

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more

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  • nonfiction
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"

-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

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16. Magnolia Table

By: Joanna Gaines

4.20

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Magnolia Table is infused with Joanna Gaines' warmth and passion for all things family, prepared an… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
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17. The Other Valley

By: Scott Alexander Howard

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A literary speculative novel about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future Sixtee… read more

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Cover of The Bone Code (Temperance Brennan, #20) by Kathy Reichs

18. The Bone Code (Temperance Brennan, #20)

By: Kathy Reichs

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her twentieth gripping novel featuri… read more

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  • canada
Cover of Landbridge: life in fragments by Y-Dang Troeung

19. Landbridge: life in fragments

By: Y-Dang Troeung

4.56

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

The inaugural title from Alchemy by Knopf A searing account by an exquisite writer who came to Can… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • canada
Cover of Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World by Cheuk Kwan

20. Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World

By: Cheuk Kwan

3.57

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

From Haifa, Israel, to Cape Town, South Africa, Chinese entrepreneurs and restaurateurs have brough… read more

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  • food
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Wok: Recipes and Techniques by J. Kenji López-Alt

21. The Wok: Recipes and Techniques

By: J. Kenji López-Alt

4.67

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

J. Kenji López-Alt’s debut cookbook, The Food Lab, revolutionized home cooking, selling more than h… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
Cover of VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

22. VenCo

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Lucky St. James, a Métis millennial living with her cantankerous but loving grandmother Stella, is … read more

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  • canada
"It felt like the drunken part of falling in love, the erratic and uncompromising compulsion that made you do dumb shit and your best shit at the same time. She had to stop herself from running. She h…"

-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo

"Throughout history, witches have been the stand-ins for all people who have felt 'outside' or 'different.' I say, fuck it -- go outside, be different, be so different they have to loosen their grip o…"

-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo

"She wondered if every place in New Orleans had a secret garden, if every place was so witchy and beautiful. And for the first time, she was filled with an enormous pride for who she was-- what she wa…"

-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo

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23. A New Season

By: Terry Fallis

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From beloved and bestselling author Terry Fallis comes a novel unlike any of his others. A thoughtf… read more

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  • canada
Cover of Sunshine Nails by Mai  Nguyen

24. Sunshine Nails

By: Mai Nguyen

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will d… read more

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  • canada
Cover of Mushrooming: An Illustrated Guide to the Fantastic, Delicious, Deadly, and Strange World of Fungi by Diane Borsato

25. Mushrooming: An Illustrated Guide to the Fantastic, Delicious, Deadly, and Strange World of Fungi

By: Diane Borsato

4.36

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“A merry, idiosyncratic guide, charmingly illustrated.”—Eugenia Bone,  The Wall Street Journal   An… read more

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  • food
  • nonfiction
Cover of What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings by John Lorinc

26. What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

By: John Lorinc

3.75

Format: 174 pages, Paperback

If the world's cuisines share one common food, it might be the dumpling, a dish that can be found o… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • canada
Cover of Cedar & Salt: Vancouver Island Recipes from Forest, Farm, Field, and Sea by DL Acken

27. Cedar & Salt: Vancouver Island Recipes from Forest, Farm, Field, and Sea

By: DL Acken

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book that Shaped 2019Winner of a 2020 Gourmand World Cookbook Award in Can… read more

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  • canada
Cover of Cook It Wild: Sensational Prep-ahead Meals for Camping, Cabins, and the Great Outdoors by Chris Nuttall-Smith

28. Cook It Wild: Sensational Prep-ahead Meals for Camping, Cabins, and the Great Outdoors

By: Chris Nuttall-Smith

3.87

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

AN INSTANT GLOBE AND MAIL AND TORONTO STAR BESTSELLER Say goodbye to ho-hum canned beans and freez… read more

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  • cookbooks
  • food
  • nonfiction
Cover of Vancouver Eats: Signature Recipes from the City's Best Restaurants by Joanne Sasvari

29. Vancouver Eats: Signature Recipes from the City's Best Restaurants

By: Joanne Sasvari

3.52

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Vancouver’s dining scene is synonymous with farm-fresh menus, boundless creativity, and a collabora… read more

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  • cookbooks
Cover of Island Eats: Signature Chefs’ Recipes from Vancouver Island and the Salish Sea by Dawn Postnikoff

30. Island Eats: Signature Chefs’ Recipes from Vancouver Island and the Salish Sea

By: Dawn Postnikoff

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Plenty of people talk about farm-to-table dining these days. But on Vancouver Island and the surrou… read more

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  • cookbooks
Cover of The Butcher, the Baker, the Wine and Cheese Maker by the Sea: Recipes and Fork-lore from the Farmers, Artisans, Fishers, Foragers and Chefs of the West Coast by Jennifer Schell

31. The Butcher, the Baker, the Wine and Cheese Maker by the Sea: Recipes and Fork-lore from the Farmers, Artisans, Fishers, Foragers and Chefs of the West Coast

By: Jennifer Schell

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A celebration of British Columbia’s coastal cuisine with recipes and fork-lore from the region’s fa… read more

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8 must-read canada books like Cedar & Salt: Vancouver Island Recipes from Forest, Farm, Field, and Sea by DL Acken

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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Kate Beaton

4.41

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The Bone Code (Temperance Brennan, #20)

Kathy Reichs

4.02

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Landbridge: life in fragments

Y-Dang Troeung

4.56

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VenCo

Cherie Dimaline

3.79

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Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

4.00

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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk

3.98

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Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

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Leigh Bardugo

3.84

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