Sales and Market Bullets INCLUDES RECIPES: bennett shares recipes, such as their nana's tomato chutney, spruce tip ice cream, pantry-friendly vegetarian shepherd's pie, use-it-up garden pesto, and fermented hot sauce. BUZZWORTHY AUTHOR: bennett's Like a Boy but Not a Boy , which Publishers Weekly called "both moving and illuminating," was one of the best books of 2020 according to CBC Books and Autostraddle, as well as a selection for the American Library Association's 2022 Over the Rainbow shortlist. CROSS-CANADA CONNECTIONS: Originally from the Hamilton, Ontario, area, andrea is back on the West Coast in Vancouver after a stint in Montreal. They have connections across these locales. The book travels to places like Terra Nostra Farm in Powell River and Stowel Lake Farm on Salt Spring Island. CURIOUS, INCLUSIVE, AND NON-DOGMATIC FOOD WRITING: The essays weave together cultural analysis, cooking, gardening, and personal history. Far from moralizing or villainizing certain kinds of food, bennett writes from a place focused on pleasure, food justice, systemic change, and body acceptance. They see food as a point of connection between themselves, with friends and family, and with the seeds, sun, and soil.
FOR FANS OF: Jeffrey Steingarten, Michael Pollan, Samin Nosrat, Tamar Adler, and Ruby Tandoh, food television like Chopped and The Great British Bake Off , and listeners of podcasts like Gastropod and Home Cooking . CROSS-MARKETING POTENTIAL: bennett co-hosts a Great British Bake Off rewatch fancast with Kim Fu (author of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century ) called The Rough Puffs .