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Cookbooks & Kitchenware
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Books to Cooks
In-Store Cooking
Vancouver, Canada
Books to Cooks also has a small branch
store in the Net Loft retail complex on
Granville Island, a natural destination for
food lovers with the Granville Island Public
Market nearby. Also in Net Loft, there's
one-stop shopping for gourmet kitchen
equipment at the
Market Kitchen Store,
at 2-1666 Johnston (
&
604/681-7399
).
Former restaurateur and cookbook writer
Barbara-Jo McIntosh runs this handsome,
stylish Vancouver bookshop, which sells
mostly new food and wine titles, a few well-
chosen out-of-print volumes, periodicals,
and a few unusual kitchen accessories.
The store's greatest strength is definitely
its culinary events, which go well beyond
the occasional cookbook signing—there's
a full schedule of demonstrations and tast-
ings in the on-premises demonstration
kitchen, and an intriguing series of food
culture classes taught by local food gurus.
McIntosh's connections in the Vancouver
restaurant community make this Yaletown
shop a nexus for the foodie community.
Check ahead to book a space at any of
these popular classes or demonstrations.
1740 W. 2nd Ave. (
&
604-688-6755;
www.bookstocooks.com).
(
Vancouver (12km/7
1
/
2
miles).
L
$$$
Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver,
300-999 Canada Place (
&
800/937-1515
in
the U.S., or 604/662-8111; www.panpacific.
com). $$
Camelot Inn,
2212 Larch St. (
&
604/
739-6941;
www.camelotinnvancouver.com).
Culinary classes and events take place regularly at Books to Cooks' demonstration table.
