About Elisabeth Caton Elisabeth Caton is a long-time educator and food writer who lives in Vancouver. Books by Elisabeth Caton The Urban Picnic Being the Idiosyncratic and Lyrically Recollected Account of Menus, Recipes, History, Trivia, and Admonishons on the Subject of Al Fresco Dining in Cities Both Large and Small by (author) John Burns & Elisabeth Caton illustrated by Jennifer Lyon