Canadians at table : food, fellowship, and folklore : a culinary history of Canada / Dorothy Duncan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duncan, Dorothy.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--Canada--History.

Food habits.

Cooking--Canada--History.

Cooking.

History.

Canada.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Dundurn, [2011]

Summary:

In Canadians at Table we learn about lessons of survival from the First Nations, the foods that fuelled fur traders, and the adaptability of early, settlers to their new environment. As communities developed and transportation improved waves of newcomers arrived, bringing memories of foods, beverages, and traditions they had known, which were almost impossible to implement in their new homeland. They discovered instead how to use native plants for many of their needs. community events and institution developed to serve religious, social, and economic needs-from agricultural and temperance societies to Women's Institutes, from markets and fairs to community meals and celebrations. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 In the Beginning 13

2 They Had Never Known Anything to Taste So Sweet 21

3 The Sea Was Covered with Fish 27

4 "Come Then, Chefs, Cooks, and Boys - All You Who Make Good Cheer" 37

5 A Chain of Men Stretched Across the Continent 43

6 Bread Was the Foundation of Every Meal 57

7 "We Greatly Missed Our Tea" 71

8 Victorians at Table: I Looked Forward to Every Meal 83

9 Rupert's Land Became the Breadbasket of the World 95

10 All Aboard! 107

l11 From Sea to Shining Sea 119

12 "You Feed Your Pigs and Cattle More Scientifically Than You Feed Your Families" 131

13 Edith Had Got the Nutmeg! 139

14 "I'd Rather Work for a Dollar Less in a Real Camp Where the Food Was Good" 149

15 Ladies Please Provide Versus Men Serve Oysters! 157

16 The Twentieth Century Brought a Revolution to Canadian Tables 169

17 Anything Baited by a Man 181

18 The Bountiful Harvest with Which Canada Has Been Blessed 195

19 Have We Come Full Circle? 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781459700383

1459700384

OCLC:

729990706