Dorothy Duncan was the Toronto Women's Culinary Network's Woman of the Year in 2004, and in 2006 she was chosen by the Ontario Hostelry Institute to receive the Gold Award for Media and Publishing. Nothing More Comforting: Canada's Heritage Food was published in 2003 to wide acclaim. Canadians at Table won the Cuisine Canada and University of Guelph Culinary Book Gold Award in 2007. Her most recent book is Feasting and Fasting: Canada's Heritage Celebrations. She lives in Orillia, Ontario.