An Okanagan Cookbook

I've known the author of An Okanagan Cookbook,
Jennifer Schell, for close to a decade.
We met while I was on a media trip to the South
Okanagan, and at the time, she was a writing for
Wine Trails Magazine.
Since then, we've briefly crossed paths, mostly through our mutual interests on social media.
Schell is now the editor of BC Food & Wine Trails Magazine, which I've contributed to once, by her request.

Released in 2016, The Butcher, The Baker, The Cheese & Wine Maker pays homage to the thriving wine and food culture the Okanagan Valley is amply blessed with.
Schell does a wonderful job, delving not only into the rich agricultural community of the valley, but the people who tie it all together.
It features a colourful assortment of chefs, winemakers, retailers, farmers, artisanal product producers, beer makers, cider makers and distillers.

Neighbours, friends, and families -- all comfortably captured in a bounty of colourful images.

The book is part cookbook, part product guide and part informal biography. It allows readers a snapshot into the daily lives, the work, and commitment of her subjects.

Not only a great gift idea for the lovers of Okanagan wine and locavores of all persuasion, it's a book you'll want to keep handy for your own reference as well.

A Sample of Mouthwatering Recipes

• Cold or Hot Cucumber Soup with Gabe's Summerhill Honeycomb: Summerhill Pyramid Winery
• Cheese Fritters with Okanagan Gazpacho: Chef Vincent Denis Santé Bar & Grille
• Paleo Pumpkin Pancakes: Scott Nystrom of Nourished Edoble Wellness
• The Legendary Green Man Lavender Martini: Dawn & Doug Lennie
• Wild Moon Organics Berkshire Pork Meatbals in Tomato Sauce: Chef Mark Filatow
• Poplar Grove Double Cream Camembert Cheesecake with Rhubarb Compote: Jenna Pillion

~Daenna Van Mulligen

"I am excited to share the passion that the chefs, farmers and winemakers have for the Okanagan Valley and it’s these stories that have created this one-of-a-kind cookbook."
~Jennifer Schell