My cultural background inspired me to create this cookbook, and my goal in the end was to produce an authentic French Canadian cookbook. The content features my grandmother’s and my mother’s special recipes as well as shares a few short stories and memories from my family and my culture.
I took the opportunity to explore photography and decided to photograph the ingredients from the recipes opposed to the finished meals I managed to create appetizing and colorful images to go with the recipes.This book is targeted towards young families and moms who have an interest in cooking. This audience would be interested in simple and uniquely French Canadian cuisines that are not too pricey and are family friendly. I used the colors from the Franco-Ontarian flag as the main color palette, to reinforce the cultural aspect of the recipes. The flag is composed of green and white, green representing the spring and white representing the winter in Ontario. I translated these colors to the outside hardcover and the fly pages. By using uncluttered layouts and soft imagery I aimed to achieve a warm, homey and inviting feel. Similar to the feeling of visiting your grandmother and being greeted with great food made especially for you.
Since authentic French Canadian cookbooks are not widely available in stores or in libraries, I wanted to inform anyone looking to learn about this rich heritage and shed some light on French Canadian foods.
