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Buon appetito! Italian Foodways in Ontario
Jo Marie Powers, Editor
On November 6, 1999, the OHS presented Buon appetito! A Symposium on Italian Foodways in Ontario.
This publication presents the papers from that symposium, considering Italian Canadians and their influence on the province’s culinary awareness and appreciation.
These proceedings provide us with a veritable feast of unique, fascinating and informative insights into an important component of Ontario history. Buon appetito!
FORMAT: Digital Download (PDF – scanned from original)
PUBLISHER: The Ontario Historical Society
YEAR: 2000
ISBN: 0919352316
PAGES: 70 (Note: Any blank pages have been deliberately omitted.)
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In Appreciation
Foreword – Jeanne Hughes
Symposium Programme
Introduction – Caroline Di Cocco
From Jellied Salads to Melon and Prosciutto, and Polenta: Italian Foodways and “Cosmopolitan” Eating – Franca Iacovetta
Regional Cuisines in Italy – Gianni Ceschia
Italian Food as a Corpus of Cultural-Culinary Exchange – Angelo Principe, Mimma Corno Piscitelli
From Garden to Table: Italian Canadians as Urban Peasant Farmers – Gabriele Scardellato
Kitchen Utensils from Old World to New – Maria Pace
Good Food, Good Wine, Good Times – Cristina Perfetto
Pizza: a Worldwide Neapolitan Dish and a Success Story in Toronto – Angelo Principe, Mimma Corno Piscitelli
Food, Devotion and Ethnic Identity: La Festa del Pane — The Feast of San Francesco di Paola of the Sicilian Salemi Community in Toronto – Enrico Carlson Cumbo