A bestseller that blends the rich tradition of "down-home" cooking with modern and innovative ideas for delicious eating. The best crowd-pleasing recipes from popular inns, restaurants, and home kitchens all around Nova Scotia are collected in this unique cookbook. Blending the rich tradition of "down home" cooking with modern and innovative ideas, The Taste of Nova Scotia Cookbook provides mouth-watering recipes for every inclination. The recipes make use of ingredients for which Nova Scotia is known--from seafood and lamb to apples, blueberries, pumpkins, and maple syrup. Drawing on the many heritages that make up; the province, from Scottish, Acadian, and Mi'kmaq to Italian, Irish, and German, this cookbook truly reveals the taste of Nova Scotia. Taste of Nova Scotia is a province-wide restaurant program whose members are committed to serving their customers the very best of Nova Scotia's fine harvests of both the land and sea.