Cooking with Cannabis
Have you ever wanted to learn more about infusing foods but feel that it’s best left for experts? Well, let’s debunk that belief because the truth is it’s easy to do at home as long as you have proper instructions on infusing and dosing and perfected recipes to follow. In the spirit of D-I-Y as we wait on legislation to allow edibles in Canada, we rounded up a few of the best books out there on how to incorporate cannabis into your menu to cook for yourself or enhance your next dinner party.
Here are 3 of the Best Books on Cooking with Cannabis
Edibles: Small Bites for the Modern Cannabis Kitchen
By Stephanie Hua with Coreen Carroll
In this collection of 30 recipes, Stephanie Hua; founder of San Francisco edibles company Mellows, and executive chef Coreen Carroll collaborated to create an unintimidating cookbook of cannabis infused recipes. Designed for bakers of all skill levels, Edibles: Small Bites for the Modern Cannabis Kitchen includes simple recipes like Spiced Superfood Truffles alongside more advanced recipes like Strawberry Jam Pavlovas - all brought to life with vibrant photography.
low-dose recipes ventures boldly beyond pot brownies with tasty, unique, and innovative treats.
Mellows are low-dose, gourmet marshmallows, handcrafted in San Francisco.
In addition to the recipes, the cookbook includes information about the endocannabinoid system, cannabinoids beyond just THC and CBD and sheds some light on terpenes like myrcene, linalool and limonene. It also offers the low down on calculating dosage, how to activate cannabis through a method called decarboxylation and some tips and techniques while making your own infusions in the kitchen.
Readers will find a combination of sweet and savory recipes like fried mac and cheese bites, corn dog muffins and duck meatball sliders to black sesame and raspberry cupcakes, blueberry lemon macarons and cardamom caramels. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro in the kitchen, there’s a dish designed to fit every skill level.
The second cookbook from MUNCHIES is touted as “the Joy of Cooking for a new generation interested in making serious, sophisticated food--with weed.” High-end culinary dishes infused with all forms of cannabis grace the pages of this book, with a title derived from its namesake the Viceland show.
In 65 featured recipes, you will find everything from desserts to entrees to cocktails. You’ll learn how to infuse everything from butter and oils to alcohol and milk with recipes ranging from weed butter-basted chicken to weed chimichurri to weed brownie sundaes. The book discusses pairing strains and flavours and even gets into marijuana politics. 💪
The Art of Weed Butter: A Step-By-Step Guide to Becoming a Cannabutter Master
By Mennlay Golokeh Aggrey
While working with canna-butter or other infused fats, she does a great job to share her craft and explains “you can’t just sprinkle your stash onto a recipe, as creating truly great weed butter is an art.” Packed with helpful step-by-step instructions, this book shows how to make the perfect canna-butter for any edible and every application, “from reducing stress and battling pain to helping with PTSD and overcoming night terrors.”
A review in Cannabis Now touched on the socio-political importance of Aggrey’s contribution:
“The work itself is in alignment with her passion for inclusivity in the cannabis industry, where so few black women break through into leadership roles. It’s imperative that more voices are added into the cannabis conversation, so the fact that this book is written by a black woman and features images of her brown hands making magic in the kitchen with cannabis is more important than many people may realize. She joins the ranks of other black women, like Andrea Drummer and Cedella Marley, who have also created their own collection of recipes infused with cannabis.”