DL Acken's sweet treats take inspiration from the flavours and ingredients of the West Coast

Our cookbook of the week is Thyme for Dessert by food writer and photographer DL Acken with food stylist and author Aurelia Louvet.

Jump to the recipes: pumpkin-spiced tea cake , miso cannoli with lemony chèvre crème and whisky-spiked tamari bear claws .

Recommended Videos

Whether in Wales or the Gulf Islands, DL Acken loves cooking with what’s around her.

When I talk to the Gourmand World Cookbook Award-winning author and commercial photographer, she’s making her way to Salt Spring Island, crossing the Salish Sea by ferry. Though she travels a lot for work, dividing her time mostly between Vancouver, Brooklyn, N.Y., and London, U.K., Acken’s farm studio on Salt Spring is home base.

See Full Page