{"id":947056,"date":"2026-10-26T15:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947056\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:32:12","slug":"bonny-reicherts-food-memoir-among-winning-titles-at-2026-taste-canada-awards-for-culinary-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947056\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonny Reichert’s food memoir among winning titles at 2026 Taste Canada Awards for culinary writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Toronto author and chef Bonny Reichert is among the winners of the 2026 Taste Canada Awards. <\/p>\n

The Taste Canada Awards annually celebrate the year’s best in Canadian food writing, awarded across five English-language and five French-language categories. In total, 20 Gold and Silver awards are given out. \u00a0 <\/p>\n

The ceremony was hosted by television personality Bob Blumer and comedian and broadcaster Ali Hassan. Hassan is also the host of CBC’s Canada Reads<\/a> and Laugh Out Loud.<\/p>\n

Reichert’s memoir, How to Share an Egg, won gold in the culinary narratives category. <\/p>\n

When Toronto-based journalist Reichert turned 40, she quit her job and enrolled in culinary school \u2014 a life-changing decision that pushed her to explore her relationship with food in writing. This exploration, along with a critical bowl of borscht in Warsaw, led Reichert to writing her memoir,\u00a0How to Share an Egg, which dives into how food shapes her history as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. <\/p>\n

Reichert was formerly an editor at Today’s Parent and Chatelaine and has written for the Globe and Mail. She won a National Magazine Award and was on the longlist for the\u00a02020 CBC Short Story Prize<\/a>. She teaches writing at the University of Toronto. <\/p>\n

While Reichert wasn’t at the ceremony to accept the award, her editor, Zoe Maslow, relayed her words on stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I wrote How to Share an Egg because I couldn’t not write it, but the fact that it resonates with others feels magical,” she said. “This recognition means so much to me and to my father, who just passed away a few months ago, who is watching from heaven, caviar tin in front of him, champagne flute in his hand.” <\/p>\n

LISTEN | Why storytellers come alive when the topic of food is on the table:<\/p>\n

CBC Radio Specials49:00Dishing Up Stories<\/p>\n

The complete list of English-language winners is as follows: <\/p>\n

Culinary narratives:<\/p>\n

Gold: How to Share an Egg by Bonny ReichertSilver: The Lobster Trap by Greg Mercer<\/p>\n

General cookbooks:<\/p>\n

Gold: The Essential Cottage Cookbook by Andrea BuckettSilver: Arthurs by Raegan Steinberg, Alexander Cohen and Evelyne Eng<\/p>\n

Regional\/cultural cookbooks:<\/p>\n

Gold: My Cypriot Table by Irene MatysSilver: La Cucina di Terroni by Cosimo Mammoliti<\/p>\n

Single-subject cookbooks:<\/p>\n

Gold: Wood, Fire & Smoke by Michael SmithSilver: Bread etc. Recipes + Techniques for Baking with Sourdough, Yeasted Dough, Pizza Dough + More by Matthew James Duffy<\/p>\n

Health, lifestyle or special diet cookbooks:<\/p>\n

Gold: Two Chefs in the Garden by Lynn Crawford and Lora KirkSilver: Tahini Baby, Bright, Everyday Recipes That Happen to Be Vegetarian by Eden Grinshpan<\/p>\n

The shortlists and winners were chosen by a jury of volunteers from the culinary industry.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Other past winners include Matty Matheson, Suzanne Evans, Mary Berg and Lynn Crawford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-947056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}