🍰 The sweet stuff
Whisk up some inspiration with our baking booklist! Whether you’re a seasoned baker or just mastering the art of not burning cookies, these titles serve up recipes, tips, and sweet ideas to make your kitchen the happiest place to be.
Kawaii Sweet World
A burst of color and cuteness, this cookbook turns baking into pure joy. From rainbow donuts to panda cupcakes, every treat is designed to make you smile — and snap a photo before taking a bite. Perfect for creative bakers who love a sprinkle of whimsy with their sugar.
The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book
This cozy collection gathers 100 prize-winning recipes spanning classic butter cookies, spice-kissed showstoppers, and creative modern bakes perfect for gifts and cookie exchanges. With clear instructions, helpful notes, and plenty of inspiration for decorating and gifting, it’s a great pick if you’re ready to level up your holiday baking game.
Mind Over Batter: 75 Recipes for Baking as Therapy
Part cookbook, part bread-lover’s manifesto, this book brings mindfulness to the joy of baking, with step-by-step techniques, tips, and reflections that make kneading, shaping, and baking feel meditative rather than messy. A thoughtful pick for anyone who wants to slow down, get their hands in the dough, and find calm through crust and crumb.
The Hebridean Baker: Recipes and Wee Stories from the Scottish Isles
A charming blend of comforting bakes and slice-of-life stories from the windswept Hebrides. Coinneach MacLeod shares recipes rooted in island tradition alongside warm, funny, and deeply place-based anecdotes that celebrate community, heritage, and the joy of slow living.
The New Bakeshop Classics
A cozy collection of bakery-style recipes, this book reimagines classics like brownies, muffins, pies, and breads with that comforting, homemade flair. Easy-to-follow instructions and tried-and-true tips make it perfect for anyone looking to bring small-town bakery magic into their own kitchen.
The Cherished Table: Recipes and Stories from an Amish Kitchen
This comforting collection offers more than just recipes — it opens a window into Amish home life, sharing warm anecdotes alongside hearty dishes like pies, bread, soups, and breads that have fed generations. The recipes are straightforward and rooted in tradition, making them approachable even for people new to Amish-style cooking.
Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900's to the 1980's
A delightful romp through a century of vintage recipes, this cookbook turns quirky old-fashioned bakes into modern-day hits. Hollis’s signature humor and curiosity bring new life to retro favorites — think Jell-O cakes, Depression-era pies, and 1970s cookies — all tested and taste-approved.
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❄️ Recharge yourself over the winter break
Winter break is your chance to hit the pause button and let your brain thaw a little. Take the opportunity to stay well and recharge, ready to return for more learning in January.
For ideas on winter self-care, check out a book from our Student Wellness Collection. Our wellness bookshelf is just around the corner from the information desk - swing by before the break, check out a book that speaks to you, and give yourself the gift of a slower season!
😄 Thanks for a great fall semester!
This semester, the library has been buzzing with activity. So far, we've had 59,559 visits from students, staff and community users!
In between checking out laptops, books and other library resources, our information desk team helped 3,038 of you with questions ranging from reference, research and citation support to printing and tech guidance, campus directions, and questions about SAIT services big and small.
Meanwhile, our librarians taught 90 information literacy classes, helped students strengthen their research and citation skills, collaborated with instructors, and dealt with questions on copyright, OER and scholarly communication.
Thanks for making the library part of your semester—we love supporting your academic success!
🎬 Get ready for movie night!
Settle in for a cozy festive movie night with your favourite streaming databases.
From classic holiday nostalgia to new feel-good favourites, you can access hundreds of great movies for free through the library webpage with your SAIT credentials.
Access ACF (Audio Cine Films) for over 1000 popular and recent films from studios such as Universal Studios Canada, Sony Pictures, MGM Studios, VVS Films, and Lionsgate Films. Please note: ACF is only available on campus and works best using Google Chrome.
Access Criterion on Demand, an online digital library of 1200 feature films.
⛄Happy Holidays from all of us at the Reg Erhardt Library!
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.