The recipe for 15 minutes of Canadian fame? Write a book about Canadian cuisine. In one week, Dr. Lenore Newman, whose book Speaking in Cod Tongues launched officially on Jan 12, has been interviewed by CBC’s The Current, had her book excerpted and reviewed in the Globe and Mail, and been interviewed for numerous regional CBC Radio shows, including North by Northwest.
Coverage is also coming in the Toronto Star and Vancouver Sun.
“Yes, it’s been pretty intense,” notes Newman. “When I lived in California I used to surf, and this feels a bit like that — at some point the water just sort of carries you along. I’ve got some fun events coming up- including a CBC interview held at Vancouver’s culinary bookstore, Barbara Jo’s Books To Cooks, that will include some cooking (not by me)! Right now I’m doing a lot of CBC regional things as well. In a weird twist my food class looks at Canadian cuisine this week, so I shouldn’t have trouble with that lecture!”