Chef Rod Butters of RauDZ Regional Table and micro bar • bites is moving ahead with a project that has been long on his mind and close to his heart – his first cookbook.
Working with publisher Figure 1 in Vancouver, The Okanagan Table: The Art of Everyday Home Cooking will hit the bookshelves in summer 2017.
“At its heart, this book is about my passionate relationship to food," said Butters. "I wrote this book, quite simply, for people who love to cook. It’s not intended to blow our minds or turn cooking into a lab experiment. Cooking should be inclusionary, not exclusionary. We gather in the kitchen because it’s comforting, and it harkens back to the happy feelings that a warm, aromatic kitchen instilled in us as kids."
As the name suggests, this cookbook is for the home cook.
“I want you to get this book dirty – dog-ear the pages, write in the margins, stuff your grandmother’s best recipes for Swedish meatballs and zucchini loaf between the pages," said Butters.
The Okanagan Table: The Art of Everyday Home Cooking will boast over 270 pages including 80 recipes and more than 120 photos by local photographer, David McIlvride.
The recipes include some favourites from Butters including Oat Crusted Arctic Char, a classic on the menu at RauDZ Regional Table, the addictive Spring Pea Soup that celebrates that season in the valley and even a few cocktails to be enjoyed with appetizers and friends. Many of the dishes also have a suggested Okanagan wine, beer or cocktail pairings, selected by Audrey Surrao, a respected wine competition judge and co-owner of RauDZ Regional Table.
Figure 1 is behind the top selling cookbooks in the marketplace producing books such as Araxi – Roots to Shoots, CinCin Wood Fired Cucina, The Dirty Apron Cookbook as well as the various chefs and their home city cookbooks, Montreal Cooks, Edmonton Cooks, Ottawa Cooks, etc.
The Okanagan Table: The Art of Everyday Home Cooking will be available in Summer 2017 Now, for a limited time, you can pre-order your signed copy at RauDZ Regional Table or on the cookbook website at www.ChefRodButters.com for a discounted price.