The Laura Secord Canadian Cook Book

Canadian cuisine is recognized the world over as combining a unique array of fresh ingredients and a variety of cultural influences tempered by tradition. This third title in the Classic Canadian Cookbook series includes Canada's most beloved recipes - think Nanaimo bars, matrimonial cake, maple fudge, tourtiere, fish cakes, bannock, and wild blueberry jam. Known as the first truly Canadian cookbook, this faithful replica of the original edition is essential for cooks anywhere. The plucky spirit of 19th-century Canadian heroine Laura Secord permeates this collection, which was sponsored by the Laura Secord Candy Shops and created by the Canadian Home Economics Association to commemorate the Canadian centennial in 1967. Inspired by our national history and identity, it was destined to become an instant classic. The regional and cultural diversity of Canadian cooking in the '60s is wonderfully captured in these recipes: Fricandeau (a veal and pork loaf) Malpeque Oyster Stew Holubtse (Ukrainian stuffed cabbage rolls) Glazed Back Bacon Hot Cross Buns Blueberry Grunt Maplewood Doughnuts Quebec Sugar Pie Grape Jelly

2013 Speaker’s Book Award — Shortlisted Laura Secord is now famous for her singular feat of bravery during the War of 1812, but did she warn the British and help defeat the American invaders as her legend says? After dragging her injured husband off the battlefield during the War of 1812, Laura Secord (1775-1868) was forced to house American soldiers for financial support while she nursed him back to health. It was during this time that she overheard the American plan to ambush British troops at Beaver Dams. Through an outstanding act of perseverance and courage in 1813, Laura walked an astonishing 30 kilometers from her home to a British outpost to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon. Despite facing rough terrain, the ever-present danger of being caught by American troops, and rather delicate encounters with Native forces, Laura reached FitzGibbon just in time for the British to prepare and execute an ambush on American military nearby, forcing the U.S. general to surrender. Laura lived a very long time, dying at the age of 93. In her lifetime the government never formally recognized her singular feat of bravery, and much controversy still envelopes her legacy.

In Acts of Courage, Connie Brummel Crook dramatizes the life of one of Canada's most enduring heroines, Laura Secord. From young Laura Ingersoll's early days in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, amidst the turmoil that followed the American Revolutionary War, the story outlines her father's difficult decision to move his family to Upper Canada. Laura's subsequent meeting and courtship with James Secord is described against the backdrop of homesteading in the Niagara Peninsula and of enduring the imminent threat of American invasion. These first sections of the book provide the background for Laura's courageous rescue of her husband from the battlefield at Queenston Heights, and her even more amazing trek to warn Col. FitzGibbon of the American's secret plans to attack the British outpost at Beaver Dams. Laura's extraordinary life, peopled with characters like Joseph Brant and Col. Fitzgibbon, is given even more poignancy and interest by the author's inventive and surprising characterization of the young FitzGibbon, by her acute eye for historical detail, and through her insights into the character of a young woman whose acts of courage have captured the imagination of generations of young Canadians.

Deliver on flavor, save on time, with this family-friendly cookbook. This latest addition to our bestselling ring-bound cookbook series revolutionizes quick cooking with more than 750 recipes that can be ready in 45 minutes or less. Most of the recipes require only a handful of ingredients, and clever strategies plus convenience products turn typically time consuming recipes like Easiest-Ever Chicken Pot Pie, Quick Beef Stew and Spinach Lasagna into busy night dinner options. We also provide fast appetizer, brunch, and dessert recipes such as Easy Melted Brie with Honey and Herbs, 25-Minute Egg Roulade with Spinach and Gruyere, and 45-Minute Lazy Man's Tiramisu. Super-fast recipes (ready in 25 minutes or less) include Tomato Florentine Tortellini Soup and Seared Scallops with Lemon, Peas, and Orzo. This comprehensive cookbook answers the age-old question "What's for dinner?" with hundreds of innovative, flavorful, and fast dishes sure to become repeat recipe requests in your house.

From Whitecap`s best-selling Classic Canadian Cookbooks come two must-haves for your vintage cookbook collection. The 1915 edition of the ROBIN HOOD COOK BOOK is one of North America`s oldest cookbooks from a trusted name in many kitchens. The 1967 Centennial Edition of the classic FIVE ROSES GUIDE TO GOOD COOKING has become an indispensable guide in the kitchen. Both books feature an introduction by culinary historian Elizabeth Driver.

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