SHARING RECIPES AND
STORIES FROM THE END OF THE CANADIAN ROAD
TOFINO, BRITISH COLUMBIA - From the award-winning destination restaurant at the end of the Canadian
road, on May 12 SoBo will be launching its first collection of recipes
celebrating the best in West Coast cuisine. With stunning full-color
photography, the much-anticipated SoBo Cookbook is a beautiful tribute to the
entrancing town of Tofino.
SoBo
(Sophisticated Bohemian) started out in 2003 by Lisa and Artie Ahier as a
purple food truck in the parking lot behind a surf shop, long before food
trucks were cool. Despite its remoteness, it attracted rave reviews from guests
from around the world.
In its first
six months of operation, Air Canada’s enRoute magazine named it one of Canada’s
top ten new restaurants. SoBo has since become a destination restaurant,
moving from the truck into its current
location today. Chef Lisa Ahier and her team are always on hand to offer
a warm and friendly greeting to the many visitors that have made the pilgrimage
to the West Coast of Vancouver Island just to taste her cooking.
The
restaurant's menu celebrates locally-sourced, seasonally-inspired ingredients
from family-owned producers. From blueberry farmers Cathy and Kerry McDonald in
Port Alberni, to Lyle Young of Island Farmhouse Poultry in Cowichan Bay, the
book not only connects readers with SoBo’s well-loved recipes, but also shares Lisa’s
respect for this close circle of friends that have helped to make SoBo what it
is today.
The SoBo Cookbook includes over 100 of the restaurant's
all-time favourite recipes-- recipes that have fed surfers, hungry locals,
curious visitors and die-hard foodies alike. The dishes are globally inspired with Asian
influences, and including homage to Ahier’s Texan roots.
The recipes
along with the incredible photography will inspire readers to kick their
breakfasts up a notch with dishes like Florentine
Breakfast Pizza and Spot Prawn
Bennies, and to dine like a Tofino local on SoBo Ceviche and Sweet Pea
Risotto Cakes.
Backed by the
Vancouver Island Range and facing the open Pacific Ocean, Tofino represents the
rich natural and cultural heritage of Canada’s West Coast. Its cool and wet
maritime climate produces an abundance of life in the water and on land.
Renowned for year-round fun ranging from fishing and whale-watching to hiking
and beachcombing, Tofino’s wise, old-growth forests and the relentless surf
keeps visitors returning year after year.
Lisa and Artie along with their children Barkley and Ella are proud to
call Tofino their home, and where they continue to realize their dream of
pursuing the craft they love surrounded by the wilderness and the teeming
wildlife of this welcoming community.
To celebrate the launch of the SoBo cookbook in Tofino on May 12, SoBo
will kick things off with a Wine Reception from 4:00 – 6:00 pm. Tickets are $45
per person and include a cookbook. Later that evening, SoBo will be serving an
exclusive 65-seat dinner featuring recipes from the new cookbook. The evening will
include dinner and a cookbook for
$110 per person, or $170 per person with wine pairings. Tickets and
reservations are available by calling the restaurant directly at (250) 725-2341.
The SoBo Cookbook priced at $29.95 published by Appetite by Random
House and is available starting May 12, 2014 in bookstores throughout North
America and online at www.chapters.indigo.ca or www.amazon.ca.
About Sobo:
Located in the breathtaking town of Tofino, British Columbia, the
award-winning SoBo is an unassuming restaurant that celebrates the best in West Coast cuisine. Run by Chef Lisa Ahier and her
husband Artie, SoBo is a reflection of their passion for slow food, organic
farming, local sourcing and multiethnic influences. For more information, visit
www.SoBo.ca
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