A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book that Shaped 2019Winner of a 2019 Alcuin Society Award for Excellence in Book DesignWinner of a 2020 Gourmand World Cookbook Award in CanadaFinalist for a 2020 Taste Canada AwardFinalist for a 2020 BC Yukon Book PrizeFinalist for a 2021 Pacific Northwest Book AwardHomegrown, modern recipes that feature the most treasured local ingredients from Vancouver Islands forests, fields, farms and sea.Off the shore of Canadas west coast lies a food lovers island paradise. Vancouver Islands temperate climate nurtures a bounty of wild foods, heritage grains, organic produce, sustainable meats and artisancrafted edible delights. This thoughtfully curated, beautifully photographed contemporary cookbook brings Vancouver Islands abundant food scene into the kitchens of home cooks everywhere.Whether its fresh blackberries, foraged chanterelles and fiddleheads, freshly harvested spot prawns or oysters, linecaught spring salmon, grassfed beef, or cultivated foods like heritage red fife wheat, these recipes highlight the most soughtafter ingredients on the island while honouring the producers and artisans dedicated to sustainable and ethical producing and harvesting.Try recipes like Craft BeerBraised Island Beef Brisket, Nettle and Chvre Ravioli, and Beetroot and Black Walnut Cake featuring Denman Island Chocolate. Divided into four sectionsforest, field, farm, and seaCedar and Salt places the most excellent local ingredients on a pedestaland then onto your plate.