{"product_id":"masterclass-the-bountiful-cookbook-club-perch-soil-land-sea-with-chef-justin-champagne-lagarde","title":"MASTERCLASS: The Bountiful Cookbook Club — Perch: Soil\/Land\/Sea with Chef Justin Champagne-Lagarde","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMasterclasses offer in-depth explorations of food topics, presented by experts and accompanied by demonstrations and tastings.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Bountiful Cookbook Club\u003c\/strong\u003e is a new quarterly series from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bountifulmediabrands.com\/\"\u003eBountiful Media\u003c\/a\u003e and The Depanneur, pairing an in-depth conversation with a leading Canadian cookbook author with a guided tasting from their book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin culinary storyteller and TV personality \u003cstrong\u003eCapri S. Cafaro\u003c\/strong\u003e, for this inaugural event, where she will be welcoming Ottawa-based chef, restaurant owner, and cookbook author \u003cstrong\u003eJustin Champagne-Lagarde \u003c\/strong\u003eof \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.perchottawa.ca\/\"\u003ePerch\u003c\/a\u003e (Ottawa), sharing recipes from his 2026 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tastecanada.org\/2026-awards-submissions\/\"\u003eTaste Canada\u003c\/a\u003e Award–nominated cookbook, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.perchottawa.ca\/store\/p\/perch-cookbook-soil-land-sea\"\u003ePerch: Soil\/Land\/Sea\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerch: Soil\/Land\/Sea\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a portrait of what fine dining looks like when it's built on local resourcefulness instead of imported luxury — squab liver mousse buñuelos, goose heart ravioli, rabbit with balsam fir sauce. Justin walks through that world with a slideshow from his research trips for the book, in conversation with Capri, followed by audience Q\u0026amp;A.\u003cbr\u003e-----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerch's house rye bread, compound butter.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScallop Macaron\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShrimp Cone with Tartare and Caviar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCandied Beet Tube, Candied Fennel, Buckwheat \u0026amp; Buttermilk \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBONUS: \u003c\/strong\u003eSigned copies of \u003cem\u003ePerch: Soil\/Land\/Sea\u003c\/em\u003e will be available for purchase at the event for $45 — at 25% discount off the cover price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCapri S. Cafaro\u003c\/strong\u003e is the managing director of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bountifulmediabrands.com\/\"\u003eBountiful Media\u003c\/a\u003e, a Canadian-based company focused on culinary storytelling. For the last five years, Capri has been a regular guest on CTV's The Social, and she also appears on SiriusXM Canada Talks Channel 167. She's the host and producer of More Than Maple, a podcast for Harrowsmith Magazine Radio, and host and creator of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/americathebountifulshow.com\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerica the Bountiful\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, an Emmy Award and James Beard Award–nominated food and travel series on PBS — a Canadian version is in the works. Capri's debut cookbook, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/unitedweeat.com\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnited We Eat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, received international acclaim for its 50 recipes telling America's story through food. She earned an undergraduate degree in American Studies from Stanford University at age 19, a Master's from Georgetown University, and a Master's in Social Work from The Ohio State University. Capri and her dog Marshmallow are based in Toronto's King West neighbourhood. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/capriscafaro\/?hl=en\"\u003e@capriscafaro\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bountifulmediabrands.com\/\"\u003ebountifulmediabrands.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJustin Champagne-Lagarde\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up in restaurants — from eating olives out of the jar as a toddler at his dad's pizza joint, to working the fryer at his uncle's breakfast spot at 5am. He trained at Northwest Culinary Academy of Vancouver, worked under Chef Robert Clark at C Restaurant, joined the opening team at Hawksworth, and staged at three-Michelin-starred Atelier Crenn in San Francisco. Back in Canada, he spent five years at Atelier in Ottawa (Chef de Partie to Sous Chef) before running the kitchen at Bar Lupulus for three years. 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