CHC member and author John Ota talks to 6 Canadians from 6 different provinces about their favourite holiday traditions, memories and foods. Get yourself in a festive mood by learning about different holiday traditions from across Canada. These speakers, representing 6 different Canadian provinces, will talk about some of the foods that make their holiday...

Salt Rising Bread author & researcher Genevieve Bardwell will lead us in a workshop on making this unique bread. Lots of history, too! Salt rising bread is a uniquely North American bread that originated in the Appalachian region during the 1700s. This bread tradition was passed down orally through the centuries and shared across West...

Andie Bulman, author of Salt Beef Buckets: A Love Story, explores the stories and culinary traditions of Newfoundland. Salt Beef Buckets: A Love Story. the new book by Andie Bulman, explores the stories and culinary traditions of Newfoundland. There's a lot to know about this beautiful place, known as "The Rock" by locals, but here are...

Join us for a virtual exhibit launch! The Culinary Historians of Canada is collaborating with the University of Guelph on their new student exhibition, Healthy, Happy, and Wholesome: Cooking and Wellness in Canadian History. The exhibition will launch tomorrow, Tuesday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m. with a discussion from some of the project partners, including our own Fiona Lucas. Book your spot...

Learn about depictions of Canada featured in ceramic tableware in this lecture and tour with Sequoia Miller, Chief Curator at the Gardiner A collection of ceramic tableware on view in Toronto’s Gardiner Museum depicts idealized scenes of nineteenth-century Canadian life. Manufactured in England, these objects and others like them participated in the colonial project by...