Christmas gift-giving. From page 30 tiic Land Cookbook (released just two weeks ago by McGraw-Hill Ryerson; 216 pp.; $39.95 in hard- cover) is a cross-country kitchen tour-de-force. This has to be the most im- pressive guide to regional and ethnic cooking ever published in this country. Mouth-watering food illustrations aside, what makes Canada The Scenic Land . Cookbook worthy of this reviewer's salivation is the profu- sion of full-page, full-color images of the country itseif. Not content with providing readers with a cross-section of different cuisines, chef Martin has chosen a recipe that blends the arts of the kitchen with the art of some of Canada’s finest urban and landscape photographers. “oe Two new works from Western Producer Prairie Books are just barely large enough to qualify for coffee-table status but what they lack in size they more than make up for in subject matter. On The Brink - Endangered Species in Canada (Environment Canada/Prairie Books; 192 pp.; $29.95 in hardcover) should be on every naturalist’s gift list. Detailing all of tiie endangered flora and fauna of Canada, On The Brink offers the first scientifically accurate overview of threatened wildlife in this country. With its complement of photographs, il- lustrations, charts and clear text, On The Brink is definitive, infor- mative and visually appealing. Prairie Dreams (125 pp.: $34.95 in hardcover) is the sequel to photographer Courtney Milne’s successful Prairie Light. His latest work offers 130 more images of sweeping prairie scenes, each ac- companied by evocative poetry or Prose that capture in words some of the incredible beauty of this vast but far from empty land that has so inspired Milne. wee fhe sraaliest of the six books reviewed this week is a new treasury of poetry from one of the North's favorite poets, Robert ser- vice. THE GRIGINAL barn of the Gattreli family homestead near Summeriand is one of many historical sketches in Rudi Dangelmaier’s striking coffee-table book Pioneer Buildings of British Columbia, out in time for — Naturalists will love endangered species book McGraw-Hill Ryerson’s Rhymes of the Midnight Sun is an anthol- ogy containing 67 of Service’s poems including 21 inspired by “the land of gold’ he immortal- ized in such works as ‘‘The Cremation of Sam McGee,” “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” “My Friends” and ‘The Spell of The Yukon.” Those who harbor the suspicion that modern poetry is little more than a means of furnishing the lazy and the untalented with unwar- with ‘‘Michael Hart” Liv z. in Co 1” cere: : Friday, November 24, 1989 33 - Wednesday, November 15, 1989 - North Shore News VISIT WITH “4s SUE COLEMAN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 3-5 pm — 7-9 pm A collection of the ariists work will be on display till Nov. 25. BILTON’S ART CENTRE 109 East 4st Street N. Varicouver 985-4033 bg a = Vancouver Batish Columbia V62 tW6 a, Enclosed is a cheque or money order for... . made payatile to ficketMaster ', tor... Adult tickets at$.. each and... Senor Ciuzen or Youth tickets ; as - Sach Plus $1.25 per ticket advance booking fee. ao tor , ae Matinee f! Evening: ! .. Second Cherce Name cee vee ee Addrecs wee eee cone City . hae _ Province 2... ns ~ Phone. 2 Le. u@w ww ss Postal Cone ... een * NOP ite :#, Time - 7:36 p.m. Centennial Theatre 2300 Lonsdale Avenue Monn Vancouver BC Tickets: $5.00 ap) Uritbed Way d helping people.