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Check out these two Databases!

ckbk offers the best classic and contemporary cookbooks from around the world.

Easy and fun to use, ckbk has an app you can download, create an account, and manage your favourite recipes.
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Bloomsbury Food Library A new database that is easy to navigate and explore topics such as Global Food Cultures, Food, Fashion, and Culture, and Food Sustainability and Security.

Celebrate National Indigenous History Month with Food

Fresh, local and delicious : dishes from Mi'kma'ki and around the world at Kiju's Restaurant in Membertou by Shaun Zwarun
This cookbook is a celebration of the amazing local foods and flavours and Indigenous traditions that make Cape Breton and Nova Scotia such an exciting place for visiting, living and dining
Modern Native Feasts by Andrew George Jr.
Native American cuisine comes of age in this elegant, contemporary collection that reinterprets and updates traditional Native recipes with modern, healthy twists.
Where People Feast by Annie Watts; Dolly Watts
One of the very first cookbooks dedicated to Native North American food, mother and daughter team Dolly and Annie Watts have created a truly original recipe book.
First Nation's Cookbook by Sandra McGrath
This book contains Native American recipes, hunter's recipes and a few Appalachian recipes.
First Nations Recipes by Gregory Lepine
The recipes in this book feature ingredients at the foundation of Aboriginal culture, such as salmon, venison, bison, fiddleheads, wild rice and berries, and include brief descriptions of their historic relationship with that food.
A Feast for All Seasons by Andrew George Jr; Robert Gairns
Traditional North American Native peoples' cuisine has existed for centuries, but its central tenet of respecting nature and its bounty have never been as timely as they are now.
Native Foodways: Indigenous North American religious traditions and foods by Pesantubbee, Michelene & Zogry, Michael (eds)
Native Foodways is the first scholarly collection of essays devoted exclusively to the interplay of Indigenous religious traditions and foodways in North America.

Chef Stories

eBook Celebrity Chefs Food Media, and the Politics of Eating by Joanne Hollows
Working across food studies and media studies, Joanne Hollows examines the impact of celebrity chefs on how we think about food and how we cook, shop and eat. H
My America by Kwame Onwuachi; Joshua David Stein
Featuring more than 125 recipes, My America is a celebration of the food of the African Diaspora, as handed down through Onwuachi's own family history, spanning Nigeria to the Caribbean, the South to the Bronx, and beyond.
Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door by Emmanuel Laroche; Elizabeth Falkner (Foreword by)
Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door is Emmanuel Laroche's collection of dialogues with award-winning chefs from various backgrounds and cultures, sharing their personal experiences of where and why food culture is where it is today.
My Ackee Tree by Suzanne Barr; Suzanne Hancock (As told to)
Publication Date: 2022-04-05
My Ackee Tree tells the story of a woman who is always on the move, always seeking; who battles the stereotypes of being a Black female cook to become a culinary star. Told in a voice as fresh and honest as her cooking.
eBook Food Stars by Ellen Mahoney
Publication Date: 2022-10-18
Women and food make a dynamic duo. These 15 hardworking, innovative, and accomplished women have made great strides in the field of food, whether it's coming up with meals for astronauts to eat in space, operating a 20-acre farm, hosting a food podcast, or fighting for food rights.