The Heart and Stroke Foundation takes great pleasure in offering the new, updated "Lighthearted everyday cooking" to Canadians. Since its original publication in 1991, even more evidence has been published linking the importance of a healthy diet to lifelong good health. In the revised introduction you will find interesting information about the latest thoughts on heart healthy eating. You'll also find new and updated delicious recipes throughout the book.

For the past three decades, Anne Lindsay has changed the way Canadians eat, bringing flavour to healthy eating and inspiring a nation with her easy-to-make, delicious food. Now, Anne invites you into her kitchen with Lighthearted at Home, a collection of her favourite recipes. Anne offers you recipes for every occasion: signature stews and soups, perfectly prepared meat and fish, protein-packed vegetarian entrees, deliciously simple appetizers and much more. Lighthearted at Home includes: More than 500 fully tested recipes, reviewed by the registered dieticians of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, complete with nutritional analysis Tips throughout on healthy eating, cooking techniques, make-ahead instructions and ingredient substitutions Creative ideas for everyday and entertaining menus Stunning colour photography The Heart and Stroke Foundation, a volunteer-based health charity, leads in eliminating heart disease and stroke and reducing their impact through the advancement of research and its application, the promotion of healthy living, and advocacy. For further information, call toll free, 1-888-HSF-INFO (473-4636). You can also visit their website at heartandstroke.ca. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to support the work of the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

This book, published in co-operation with the Canadian Heart Foundation, contains 200 healthy and mouth-watering recipes from a Seafood Lettuce Roll appetiser to Strawberry Mousse. These quick and easy recipes, many with microwave instructions, are based on the Canadian Heart Foundation's dietary recommendations and are accompanied by a nutritional analysis listing useful information such as amount of fat, calories, cholesterol, carbohydrates and sodium. A practical Lifestyle section offers helpful tips on feeding a family on the run, on teaching children healthy eating habits, on eating out, and on cooking for one. In addition, Canadian Diabetic Food Choice Values are given for all recipes. In short, The Lighthearted Cookbook contains everything you need to put your healthy heart plan into action. It's deliciously simple

“The latest fashion among young city-dwellers, providing a new advertising niche for manufacturers of luxury products, is the good old family picnic.”—Le Monde “An upper-class English ritual traditionally confined to rural French life, the picnic has been rebranded.”—The Economist “The great charm of this social device is undoubtedly the freedom it affords. . . . To eat cold chicken and drink iced claret under trees, amid the grass and the flowers.”—Appleton’s Journal of Literature, Science, and Art, 1869 Urban picnics are a hot foodie trend right now; from The Economist to Le Monde, food journalists and lovers the world around are jumping on the blanket. Like so many of us, they want to put their hectic city lives on hold and enjoy themselves—without having to head off into the hinterland. The Urban Picnic is designed for modern gourmands and kitchen newcomers alike to inspire them to introduce a little pleasure and picnickery into their lives. With an irreverent and highly opinionated history of the picnic, strange accounts from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, original illustrations and over 200 recipes—many contributed from renowned chefs such as Nigella Lawson, Mark Bittman, Regan Daley and Bob Blumer—it’s the essential how-to (and how-not-to) for anyone who was ever looking for a tasty little morsel to eat under that tree that grows in Brooklyn. Two-color throughout. Recipes include: Barbecued Lemon Chicken (Anne Lindsay) Banana-Strawberry Layer Cake (Regan Daley) Mint Julep Peaches (Nigella Lawson) Chicken Liver Crostini (Umberto Menghi) Ahi Tuna Salad with Green Papaya (Rob Feenie)

The New Camp Cookbook is a book for day trippers, adventurers, campers, and anyone who enjoys cooking outdoors. You'll find organizational advice and cooking techniques, from planning your meals, packing a cooler, and stocking a camp pantry to building a fire, grilling in foil packs, and maintaining heat in a dutch oven. There's nothing quite like waking up in the woods and making breakfast in the open air or gathering with friends around a fire after a long day of hiking. Good food makes for great camping! The two can and should go hand in hand, and the recipes and tips in this book, will guide you along the way. The recipes are presented by meal: breakfast, lunch, snacks, sweets, and all-out feasts.You can choose your own adventure for each occasion, with recipes as easy as Mexican Street Corn Salad and Tin Foil Seafood Boil to more involved dishes like Korean Flank Steak with Sriracha-Pickled Cucumbers and Dutch Oven Deep-Dish Soppressata and Fennel Pizza. All recipes use a standard set of cookware to streamline your cooking in camp, and are marked with icons to help you quickly find a suitable recipe for your cooking style. Whether you're an aspiring camp chef or a seasoned Scout, you'll find plenty of inspiration in these pages for getting outside and eating well under the open sky. Editors’ Pick for Amazon Best Books of the Month of July 2017

Put the fun back into healthy eating with this bright and colorful cookbook. This lively collection encourages kids to consider what they eat and how it affects their bodies, without preaching. Yummy interpretations of old classics, as well as new recipes destined to become classic help turn eating into a delicious treat. Features all new photography and lively step-by-step text. Covers breakfast, light meals, main meals and delicious desserts. Packed with fun facts and information about nutrition and healthy cooking techniques.