This book is an attempt to reflect the immense collaboration between chefs and producers, which has allowed the region of the Capitale-Nationale to create a gastronomy that is at once distinct, original and close to its source. Throughout its almost 300 pages, you will discover the day-to-day life of 30 chefs, their brigades and of passionate artisans who truly embody the slogan "From the land to the table". 90 recipes featuring various regional products accompanied by wine pairings complete this protrait of one of the country's richest gastronomic regions.

A journalist specializing in food, gastronomy and wines, Anne L. Desjardins is a regular columnist for the Québec daily newspaper Le Soleil and for Cellier magazine. She worked as a broadcaster for CBC national French radio for 20 years before turning her attention full-time to writing, as a columnist and an author. Her work has been rewarded with numerous awards, including Cuisine Canada's Gold Medal for her work Canada's House, Rideau Hall and the invention of a Canadian home (Random House Canada) which dealt with the coming of age of Canadian gastronomy and wines. Her book Serge Bruyère was published in the fall of 2007 by Les Éditions La Presse. La main à la pête, a book created for the charitable organization La Tablée des chefs, also came out in late 2007. Québec : A Gastronomic Capital is her fourth book.