Canadian Culinary History Sources:
A Selected Bibliography
Abrahamson, Una. God Bless Our Home: Domestic Life in Nineteenth
Century Canada. Toronto: Burns and MacEachern, 1966.
Aitken, Julia and Anita Stewart. The Ontario
Harvest Cookbook: An Exploration of Feasts and Flavours. Toronto:
Macmillan Canada, 1996.
Anderson, Carol, and Katharine Mallinson. Lunch with Lady Eaton: Inside the
Dining Rooms of a Nation. Toronto: ECW Press, 2004.
Armstrong, Julian. A Taste of Quebec. Toronto: Macmillan
Canada, 1990, and second edition 2002.
Barer-Stein, Thelma. You Eat What You Are: People, Culture and
Food Traditions, 2nd ed. Toronto: Firefly Books Ltd., 1999.
Baird, Elizabeth. Classic Canadian Cooking: Menus for the Seasons.
Toronto: James Lorimer and Company, (1974) 1995.
Barbeau, Marius. "Boulangerie, pâtisseries et friandises". In Saintes artisanes II: Mille petites adresses, 83-157. Montréal: Éditions Fides, nd [1944].
Barss, Beulah M. The Pioneer Cook: A Historical View of Canadian
Prairie Food. Calgary: Detselig Enterprises Ltd, 1980.
Bates, Christina. Out of Old Ontario Kitchens:
a collection of traditional recipes of Ontario and
of the people who cooked them. Toronto: Pagurian Press, 1978.
Beeson, Patricia. Macdonald was Late for Dinner: A Slice of Culinary
Life in Early Canada. Peterborough: Broadview
Press, 1993.
Berton, Pierre, and Janet Berton. The Centennial Food Guide.
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1966. (Canadian Centennial Library
/ Weekend Magazine)
Boily, Lise and Jean-François Blanchette. The Bread Ovens
of Quebec . Ottawa: National Museums of Canada,
1979.
Boudreau, Marielle and Melvin Gallant. Cuisine Traditionnelle en
Acadie . Moncton, NB: Editions d'Acadie, 1987.
Boudreau, Marielle and Melvin Gallant. A Taste of Acadie.
Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane, 1991.
Canadian Historical Association. Canada's Ethnic Groups, series
of booklets. Ottawa: Canadian Historical Association, 1982-1991.
Chavich, Cinda. High Plains: The Joy of Alberta
Cuisine. Calgary, AL: Fifth House Ltd., 2001.
Casselman, Bill. Canadian Food Words. Toronto: McArthur &
Co., 1998.
Chatto, James. The Man Who Ate Toronto: Memoirs
of a Restaurant Lover. Toronto: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1998.
Culinary Historians of Ontario. Newsletters. Spring 1994,
no. 1 – ongoing. Titled Culinary Chronicles from no. 40.
Driver, Elizabeth. Introductions to titles in the Classic Canadian
Cookbook Series: The All New Purity Cook Book, 1967, 2001 reprint;
Five Roses: A Guide to Good Cooking, 21st ed., [1967], 2003 reprint;
Five Roses Cook Book, 1915, 2002 reprint; The Home Cook Book,
1878, 2002 reprint; The Laura Secord Canadian Cook Book, 1966,
2001 reprint; Ogilvie's Book for a Cook, 1905, 2003 reprint;
Rorer, Sarah Tyson, Robin Hood Cook Book, [about 1915], 2003
reprint. North Vancouver: Whitecap Books.
Driver, Elizabeth. 'Canadian Cookbooks (18251949): In the Heart of the
Home.' Petits Propos Culinaires 72 (March 2003): pp 19-39.
Driver, Elizabeth. 'Cookbooks.' In History of the Book in Canada , 40812. Vol. 2, 1840 1918. Edited by Yvan Lamonde, Patricia Lockhart Fleming, and Fiona A. Black. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005.
Driver, Elizabeth. Culinary Landmarks: A Bibliography of Canadian
Cookbooks, 1825-1949. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, forthcoming.
Driver, Elizabeth, compiler. Edith Adams Omnibus. North Vancouver: Whitecap
Books, 2005.
Driver, Elizabeth. 'Home Cooks, Book Makers and Community Builders in Canada.' Moving Worlds: A Journal of Transcultural Writings [University of Leeds, School of English] 6/2 (2006): pp 4160.
Duncan, Dorothy. Canadians at Table: Food, Fellowship, and Folklore.
Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2006. Duncan, Dorothy, ed. Consuming Passions: Eating and Drinking Traditions
in Ontario. Toronto: The Ontario Historical Society,
1990.
Duncan, Dorothy. Nothing More Comforting. Toronto: Dundurn Press,
2003.
Feltoe, Richard. Redpath: The History of a Sugar House. Toronto: Natural
Heritage/Natural History, 1991.
Ferguson, Carol and Margaret Fraser. A Century of Canadian Home
Cooking: 1900 through the '90s . Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice
Hall Canada Inc., 1992.
Folster, David. The Chocolate Ganongs of St Stephen, New Brunswick. Toronto:
Macmillan of Canada, 1990.
Guillet, Edwin. Pioneer Days in Upper Canada .
Toronto: Ontario Pub. Co., 1964.
Heron, Craig. Booze: A Distilled History. Toronto : Between the Lines, 2003.
Hoffman, Frances. Steeped in Tradition: A Celebration of Tea.
Toronto: Natural Heritage/Natural History, 1997.
Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec. Cuisine du Québec . Montreal : Les Éditions TransMo Inc., 1985.
Lafrance, Marc and Yvon Desloges. Goûter à L'histoire:
Les Origines de la gastronomie québécoise/A Taste of History:
The Origins of Québec's Gastronomy. Montreal: Les Éditions
de la Chenelière, 1989.
Lucas, Fiona. '"The condition of Turkey will be seriously considered by
Canadians today."' Food History News Vol. 18, No. 2 (FHN 70), pp 1, 68.
Lucas, Fiona. Hearth and Home: Women and the Art of Open Hearth Cooking. Toronto: James Lorimer and Co., 2006.
Mongrain-Dontigny, Micheline. Quebec Cooking Collection of Books: 150
Recettes pour le Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, 1988; La Cuisine traditionnelle
des Cantons-de-l'Est, 2002; Délices traditionnels du Québec,
2001; La Cuisine traditionnelle de Charlevoix, 1996; La Cuisine
traditionnelle de la Mauricie, 1998; L'Erable: son histoire,
sa cuisine, 2003. In English: Eastern Townships Traditional Cooking,
2002; A Taste of Maple, History and Recipes, 2003; Traditional
Quebec Cooking, 1995. Montreal: Les Editions La Bonne Recette.
Neering, Rosemary. The Canadian Housewife: An Affectionate History. North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 2005.
Nightingale, Marie. Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens.
New York: Scribners, 1971.
Olafson-Jenkyns, Kristin. The Culinary Saga of New Iceland
: Recipes from the Shores of Lake Winnipeg. Guelph,
ON: Coastline Publishing, 2001.
Ostry, Aleck Samuel. Nutrition Policy in Canada, 18701938. Vancouver:
University of British Columbia Press, 2006.
Penfold, Steve. The Donut: A Canadian History. University of Toronto Press, 2008.
Powers, Jo Marie, ed. Buon appetito! Italian foodways in Ontario.
Toronto: The Ontario Historical Society, 2000.
Powers, Jo Marie, ed. From Cathay to Canada:
Chinese Cuisine in Transition. Toronto: The Ontario Historical
Society, 1998.
Powers, Jo Marie and Anita Stewart, eds. Northern Bounty: A Celebration
of Canadian Cuisine. Toronto: Random House of Canada,
1995.
Salloum, Habeeb. Arab Cooking on a Saskatchewan Homestead: Recipes and
Recollections. Regina, Sask.: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2005.
Staebler, Edna. Food that Really Schmecks. Toronto: The Ryerson
Press, 1968.
Stechishin, Savella. Traditional Ukrainian Cookery. Winnipeg:
Trident Press, 1957.
Stewart, Anita. The Flavours of Canada: A Celebration
of the Finest Regional Foods. Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2000.
Théorêt, Charles-Alexandre. Maudite poutine!: histoire approximative d’un fameux mets. Montreal: Éditions Héliotrope, 2007.
Turner, Nancy J. Food Plants of Interior First Peoples. Vancouver:
University of British Columbia Press, 1997.
Walker, Kathleen. Ottawa 's Repast: 150 Years of Food
and Drink. Ottawa: Ottawa Citizen, 1995.
Warsh, Cheryl Krasnick. Drink in Canada: Historical
Essays. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's Press, 1993.
Williamson, Mary F. ‘Recipe and Household Literature.' In History of the Book in Canada , 275–7. Vol. 1, Beginnings to 1840. Edited by Patricia Lockhart Fleming, Gilles Gallichan, and Yvan Lamonde. Vol. 1. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004.
Williamson, Mary F. 'Seasonings and Flavourings in Canada before 1840.'
Petits Propos Culinaires 75 (March 2004): pp 1626
Williamson, Mary F. “To fare sumptuously every day”: Rambles among Upper Canadian Dishes and Repasts together with Authentic Menus and Culinary Receipts. Occasional Paper No. 25. Peterborough Historical Society, November 2004.
Wong, Janice. Chow: From China to Canada: Memories of Food and Family.
Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 2005.
Woodhead, Eileen. Early Canadian Gardening: An 1827 Nursery Catalogue.
Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's Press, 1998.
Sources for Aboriginal Cuisine
Hungry Wolf, Beverly. The Ways of My Grandmothers. New York:
Morrow, 1980.
Kuhnlein, Harriet V., and Nancy J. Turner. Traditional Plant Foods
of Canadian Indigenous Peoples: Nutrition, Botany, and Use. Volume
8: Food and Nutrition in History and Anthropology, edited
by Solomon Katz. Philadelphia: Gordon and Breach, 1991.
Skye, Bertha. “Traditional Cree and Iroquois Foods.” In Northern
Bounty: A Celebration of Canadian Cuisine, edited by Jo Marie Powers
and Anita Stewart, 113–120. Toronto: Random House, 1995.
Stewart, Anita. “Potlatch Revival,” Canadian Living (April 1993): 31–36.
Turner, Nancy J. Food Plants of Interior First Peoples. Vancouver:
UBC, 1997.
Web site “Indian and Northern Affairs Canada”: Culture and History: http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ch/index_e.html
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