Cookbook features local cafe

More love for a westside restaurant from the Food Network.

The Kekuli Cafe, featured on the network's 'You Gotta Eat Here' two years ago has now been featured in the program's latest cookbook.

Sharon Bond, owner of Kekuli Cafe, says after the program shot the episode at her restaurant, she was asked to provide pictures and the recipe for dishes featured on the show.

She was told they may be featured in an upcoming cookbook.

"I've kind of had that in the back of my mind over the last couple of years," says Bond.

"I went to Chapters the other day and thought 'the cookbook is out, I wonder if we are in it.' So, I'm going through it and I did find it and thought Oh my God...so I bought it."

Bond says she was so excited.

"I had to show the girl at the till."

The program filmed the episode at the restaurant in Sept, 2012

She says the exposure has been great for the Kekuli Cafe.

"I think it just brings us more to the forefront being a local restaurant/Cafe. We just try and stay in people's minds.

We do get a lot of people coming in saying they saw us on the Food Network. I guess there was a repeat of the episode a few weeks ago. You can always tell because there is an influx of people coming in and you're not quite ready for the slam."

Bond has now opened up a second location in Merritt.

The recipes in the cookbook are the same as were featured on the Food Network episode.

If you haven't seen the episode, we are not going to spoil the surprise as to which recipes are being featured.