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Wildness: An Ode to Newfoundland and Labrador
A stunning celebration of the bounty of the Atlantic coast, and a dazzling debut monograph from Canada's star chef
The first cookbook from acclaimed chef Jeremy Charles takes readers on a journey to Canada's rugged east coast – where wildness has a profound influence on the tasting menu at Charles's acclaimed restaurant, Raymonds, nestled in the historic port at St. John's. The book's more than 160 recipes spotlight the local fare: cod, shellfish, moose, game, wild edibles, and more. Charles has written a story to accompany each recipe, along with essays about the people and landscape that define his remarkable approach to modern coastal cuisine.
The first cookbook from acclaimed chef Jeremy Charles takes readers on a journey to Canada's rugged east coast – where wildness has a profound influence on the tasting menu at Charles's acclaimed restaurant, Raymonds, nestled in the historic port at St. John's. The book's more than 160 recipes spotlight the local fare: cod, shellfish, moose, game, wild edibles, and more. Charles has written a story to accompany each recipe, along with essays about the people and landscape that define his remarkable approach to modern coastal cuisine.
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256 pages, Hardcover
Published May 29, 2019
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July 22, 2019
"I could eat that fish soup out of a rubber boot."
May 23, 2020
Most of my quibbles with this book are about design. Since few people are likely to have the combination of ingredients and equipment on hand to actually use the recipes it contains without serious planning and sourcing, and taking its dimensions into consideration, I presume that Wildness was largely intended as a coffee table book. So I wish that the cover colour were a less bland beige and that the cloth chosen for it was less of an excellent dust and animal hair collector magnet. Seriously, someone should start a cleaning products company based around dust cloths made from whatever magic material that cover is made from.
On the inside, the recipes are laid out with loads of white space left. It looks uppity cute, but the trade off is that the font of the recipes is teeny. Big book, big pages, tiny font. No one who actually cooks wants to squint at itty bitty font while you're whipping and weighing.
On the upside, it's interesting to read the recipes to see how Jeremy Charles cooks, and there are some nice sections of text and lovely photography.
But cookbooks should be functional and coffee table books should be attractive and this book in trying to be both doesn't do a great job of being either. Although it will make a curious foodie hungry.
On the inside, the recipes are laid out with loads of white space left. It looks uppity cute, but the trade off is that the font of the recipes is teeny. Big book, big pages, tiny font. No one who actually cooks wants to squint at itty bitty font while you're whipping and weighing.
On the upside, it's interesting to read the recipes to see how Jeremy Charles cooks, and there are some nice sections of text and lovely photography.
But cookbooks should be functional and coffee table books should be attractive and this book in trying to be both doesn't do a great job of being either. Although it will make a curious foodie hungry.
June 2, 2019
Of the many cookbooks in my collection, this one is the most beautiful and remarkable. Makes me proud to be from NL. So many of Charles classic dishes are here and explained in full, meaning that you no longer have to wonder “how did he do that?” The answer is out there, and it’s beautiful.
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