Homemade: Recipes and Stories from Winnipeg and Beyond is a 200-page community cookbook I wrote, compiled and edited for the Winnipeg Free Press’s 150th anniversary. This bestselling cookbook includes 150 recipes submitted by readers across the province, as well as contemporary and historic food stories. Copies sold out locally in less than two months.
The cookbook launched in fall 2022 with a reader engagement event and fundraising dinner, entitled the Free Press Fall Supper. The four-course menu was created by a local chef and inspired by more than a dozen recipes included in the book. I helped organize the event and acted as the evening’s emcee.
The project continues as a semi-regular feature highlighting submitted recipes and local home cooking stories.
Eva Wasney 