New Brunswick Pictorial Cookbook

Janet Arnett is the former campus manager of adult education at Ontario’s Georgian College. She is the author of Antiques and Collectibles: Starting Small, The Grange at Knock, and 673 Ways to Save Money.

This is a coffee-table cookbook—the second in a genre created by
Nimbus with the release last year of the Newfoundland Pictorial
Cookbook. If you expect a pictorial cookbook to contain illustrations of
the prepared recipes, you’ll be disappointed: in this unique series,
the photos are of the province from which the recipes originate.

From the famous covered bridge on the cover to the mandatory red sunset
on the last page, the book provides a postcard-style tour of New
Brunswick—lighthouses, peaceful harbors, Victorian architecture, mist,
monuments, fish, rock formations, autumn leaves, church steeples, and
contented cows. Superimposed on these tranquil scenes are 40 recipes for
regional foods: strawberry bread, Indian relish, mock cherry pie, fish
pancakes, poutines, tourtiere, hoppel poppel (a potato-and-egg entrée),
hot milk cake, and similar fare. The French/Acadian heritage of New
Brunswick, its position as a Maritime province, and its farm traditions
are all evident in the selection.

The blend of intriguing recipes and high-quality, full-color scenic
photos makes the book a great conversation piece, a perfect souvenir for
tourists, and the ideal gift for New Brunswickers who have strayed away
from home.