Best Little Cookbook In Town©

ISBN 0-9682041-0-4

Classic Canadian and French-Canadian Recipes

By Huguette "Yogi" Bergevin, long-time cook from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

-- Subtitled: "Going Back To Real Food "--

Suggested Retail Price: Canada $13.95 plus GST, United States $12.00 (US) plus S&H.

SUMMARY of Contents and Cooking Philosophy:

With over 140 recipes, this 176-page cookbook departs from the current obsession with low-fat cooking by signalling a return to "Real Food", especially traditional and modern Canadian cookery. Sensational Soups, Mouthwatering Meat dishes, Delicious Desserts and More!

To accomplish this, Mme. Bergevin takes us through a retrospective tour of the most-cherished and nourishing soups, main courses and desserts of her childhood in Québec that were treasured and passed from generation-to-generation. Without compromising on taste, she has reworked many of these traditional recipes for the convenience of modern cooks. In addition, "Yogi" has put a new twist on many North American favourites, new and old, including Chili and Burritos.

An unique feature in The Best Little Cookbook In Town is the inclusion of separate chapters for Christmas cooking (Getting Ready for December 25th) and what to prepare on the day after (Boxing Day Specials). For example, her comprehensive tips on how to prepare the Christmas Turkey correctly, is solid advice long awaited by many cooks.

Equally interesting are her "Soup & Sandwich Combo" suggestions which offer readers practical and economical solutions for delicious lunches.

FORMAT: 176 pages, full-colour UV-coated covers. Full index.
NEW CONCEPT: Oblong design (7" high by 8.5" wide) for maximum readability of ingredients and preparation in parallel columns.
BINDING: For ease-of-use by cooks in kitchens, book is bound by black, seamless Wire-O-Coil©. Questionnaires and surveys show cookbook readers prefer coil over so-called stay-flat binding (such as OtaBind™) or Cerlox-type plastic binding.

The Best Little Cookbook In Town is an Everyday Cookbook and Menu Planner. Emphasis is placed on a wide variety of solid recipes that have been kitchen-tested countless times.

This book is not intended to be a special occasions' cookbook which usually find a home on the coffee table. To illustrate the recipes with full-colour pictures would have resulted in a prohibitive retail price point to most readers of this genre. Also, it would have been inappropriate and hypocritical to showcase prepared recipes on lavish flatware since this is a cookbook of everyday meals.

MARKET NICHE: strong demand evident for wholesome, old-fashioned recipes and meal ideas that have been adjusted for modern-day life. Fresh alternative to the current saturated and glossy, low-fat cookbook trend which may be in "overkill".
TARGET AUDIENCE: General interest, appealing mostly to head of households and small families. Cooking expertise: ranging from novice to ardent cooks who have basic equipment and facilities.
TITLE SELECTION & COVER DESIGN: Title, along with skyline of a mid-size city against a sunset backdrop, offers a generic approach to make the book accepted in almost any North American "hometown". Back cover is expressly free of unnecessary clutter (such as too much text) to permit the delivery of a strong, single message: Getting Back To Real Food!

Published by Golden Loon Communications

ISBN 0-9682041-0-4