Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (Oct 19 2010) Language: English
Product Description Now an established regional classic, Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens was first published in 1970 and became an instant hit, selling more copies than any cookbook ever published in the province. The book remains extremely popular today and has proven to be a practical guide as well as a delight for armchair cooks. Besides providing handy recipes for the traditional food that settlers first brought to Nova Scotia, Marie Nightingale also tells the story of the people who prepared the early recipes. This fortieth anniversary edition includes an updated look throughout, a foreword from Chef Michael Howell at Tempest Restaurant, and a new introduction from the author on the book’s incredible and long-lasting success.
About the Author Marie Nightingale’s accomplished career as a food writer and editor includes twenty years as food columnist for the Halifax daily newspapers, the Chronicle Herald and the Mail Star. She is also the author of Out of Nova Scotia Gardens and Cooking with Friends, a nominee for the 2004 Cuisine Canada/University of Guelph National Culinary Book Award. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
 

* Paperback: 176 pages * Publisher: MacIntyrePurcell Publishing, Inc (Oct 1 2010) * Language: English

Product Description THE ULTIMATE INSIDER GUIDE Whether it's embracing the sun’s rise at Cape Spear (North America’s most eastern point), eyeballing thousands of Gannets at Bird Rock, exploring historic fishing villages, island hopping in Notre Dame Bay, rafting the Exploits River, touring the Labrador Coast, or just enjoying the friendliness and leisurely pace for which Canada’s youngest province (and Britain’s oldest colony) is so famous, this book contains the MUST list every Newfoundlander, Labradorian, and visitor MUST have. From the stunning peaks and valleys of UNESCO World Heritage Site Gros Morne, to St. John’s famous George Street, the Irish Loop and filming locations for The Shipping News and Random Passage, this is the MUST list every Newfoundlander and Labradorian MUST have. From iconic lighthouses, magnificent churches, and quirky museums to homegrown music, theatre and food, it’s all here. Even better, it’s surrounded by magnificent seascapes, spectacular rocky cliffs and more pristine sandy beaches than you'd ever believed possible. We've gathered personalities from around the province to weigh in with their own MUST lists. Singer/songwriters Ron Hynes, Bud Davidge, and Harry Martin, comedian/writer Greg Malone, artist/musician/poet Boyd Chubbs, food-writer/television host Karl Wells, writers Joan Scott and Lisa Rae, artists Heather Igloliorte and Tina Dolter, horticulturalist Ross Traverse, CBC producer Terry LeDrew, dentist/innkeeper/comedian Marina Sexton and entrepreneurs Charlie Oliver, Kay King, and David Crosbie all share their insights about special places in the province, offering personal lists of must-sees and must-dos. This is the ultimate insider MUST list. If you love Newfoundland and Labrador, you simply MUST have the Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Musts.
About the Author JANICE WELLS is originally from Corner Brook and now lives in St. John’s. She has traveled to 16 countries on three continents and visited many a place she could imagine living, if only they were surrounded by the sea and peopled by Newfoundlanders. Since 1998 Wells has produced the popular weekly column Definitely Not Martha Stewart, entertaining readers in The St. John’s Telegram, The Halifax Chronicle-Herald and Corner Brook’s The Western Star. Her 2007 book of the same name was nominated for the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour. She is also the author of three other books: the best-selling The Gin & Tonic Gardener (now in paperback), Another Splash of the Gin & Tonic Gardener and Frank Moores: The Time of His Life. Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous publications including The Toronto Globe and Mail, The Montreal Gazette, The Ottawa Citizen, Canadian Gardening, Garden Making and Downhome. Favourable reviews of her work have appeared in The Literary Review of Canada, as well as The Los Angeles Times, The Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Tampa Tribune and AARP The Magazine. Wells and her partner Bill MacDonald, known to her readers as Newman, recently purchased an intrepid motor home, fondly dubbed the Starship Enterprise, to better explore her beloved province.
 

324 pages The history of Nova Scotia is an amazing story of a land and people shaped by the waves, the tides, the wind and the wonder of the North Atlantic. Lesley Choyce weaves the legacy of this unique coastal province, piecing together the stories written in the rocks, the wrecks and the record books of human glory and error. In this true-life adventure, he provides a down-to-earth journey through the natural and man-made history that is both refreshing and revealing.
The story begins after the retreat of the glaciers when the first people arrived, and over thousands of years evolved the highly civilized Mi'kmaq culture. The arrival of the Europeans disrupted their life, unleashing tumultuous conflicts that would last centuries. Then came the power struggle between France and England, fought at sea and on land. As England emerged the victor, the Acadians were driven from the land they loved. Once the wars subsided, the pirates and privateers still plundered the seas, but the honest sailors and shipbuilders of Nova Scotia led the province into a flourishing world trade. During the First World War, Nova Scotia was again thrust into military action, resulting in one of the most devastating explosions ever to rip through a city. Decades later, Halifax was torn apart again, this time by military riots.
Here in the new century, it is clear that the way of life along this coast is changing. But while the wealth of the sea has been plundered by human greed, the dreams of life in harmony with the fierce, yet beautiful, North Atlantic live on, even as the restless surge of the waves continues to carve away the coastline.
Penguin Books published the first edition in 1996. Lesley Choyce lives at Lawrencetown Beach and is the author of 65 books including The Coasts of Canada, a history of the country's shorelines. He has edited a companion volume to Nova Scotia: Shaped by the Sea titled Nova Scotia: A Traveller's Companion, 300 Years of Travel Writing (also from Pottersfield Press).
 

Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc. (Aug 14 2007)
Everything you wanted to know about PEI and were going to ask anyway. From the number of kilometres of coastline, to the stories behind those weird place names (hello Mermaid) and the saga of the “Fixed Link,” to profiles of Lucy Maud Montgomery and Prince Edward himself, no book is more comprehensive than the Prince Edward Island Book of Everything. No book is more fun. Well-known Islanders weigh in on their favourite things about their home province – Senator Catherine Callbeck shares the top 5 most important events in Island politics, award-winning chef Andrew Morrison makes our mouths water with his favourite Island dishes and singing duo Chuck & Albert share their top 5 Island Acadian events. Stories of the First People, the worst weather, the almighty potato, the truth behind that red dirt, Prince Edward Island slang, the most infamous crimes . . . it’s all here! If you love Prince Edward Island, you'll love the Prince Edward Island Book of Everything! For the reader who wants everything!