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Feasting and fasting : Canada's heritage celebrations  Cover Image Book Book

Feasting and fasting : Canada's heritage celebrations / Dorothy Duncan. --

Duncan, Dorothy. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 1554887577
  • ISBN: 9781554887576
  • Physical Description: 351 p. : ill.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Dundurn Press, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [316]-339) and index.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 26.99
Subject: Holiday cooking > Canada > History.
Fasts and feasts > Canada > History.
Food habits > Canada > History.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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  • Baker & Taylor
    Long before the arrival of newcomers, the First Nations were celebrating the passages of life, the changing seasons, and the gifts of the Great Spirit with feasting. When settlers from around the world arrived on Canada's shores, they brought with them the memories and traditions of their homelands. Diverse and unique culinary histories began to develop as the newcomers were unable to find some of their traditional ingredients and were forced to compromise. Wild game, fruit, plants, grains, vegetables, and maple sugar were often transformed from survival foods to the foods of celebration. --
  • Baker & Taylor
    Food brought families and communities together to pay tribute, to honour, to celebrate, to mourn, and to be comforted. This is a sampling of their events and what was on their tables at births, weddings, funerals, religious holidays, garden parties, and more! --Book Jacket.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Feasting and Fasting is an introduction to the foods and beverages that were a central part of how our ancestors celebrated important events. --
  • Ingram Publishing Services

    Feasting and Fasting is an introduction to the foods and beverages that were a central part of how our ancestors celebrated important events.

    Long before the arrival of newcomers, the First Nations were celebrating the passages of life, the changing seasons, and the gifts of the Great Spirit with feasting. As settlers from around the world arrived on Canada’s shores, they brought with them the memories and traditions from home. Diverse and unique culinary histories began to develop as the newcomers were unable to find some of their traditional ingredients and were forced to compromise. Wild game, fruit, plants, grains, vegetables, and maple sugar were often transformed from survival foods to the foods of celebration.

    Food brought families and communities together to pay tribute, to honour, to celebrate, to mourn, and to be comforted. This is a sampling of their events and what was on their tables at births, weddings, funerals, religious holidays, garden parties, and more!

    Feasting and Fasting is an introduction to the foods and beverages that were a central part of how our ancestors celebrated important events.

    Long before the arrival of newcomers, the First Nations were celebrating the passages of life, the changing seasons, and the gifts of the Great Spirit with feasting. As settlers from around the world arrived on Canadas shores, they brought with them the memories and traditions from home. Diverse and unique culinary histories began to develop as the newcomers were unable to find some of their traditional ingredients and were forced to compromise. Wild game, fruit, plants, grains, vegetables, and maple sugar were often transformed from survival foods to the foods of celebration.

    Food brought families and communities together to pay tribute, to honour, to celebrate, to mourn, and to be comforted. This is a sampling of their events and what was on their tables at births, weddings, funerals, religious holidays, garden parties, and more!

  • Univ of Toronto Pr

    Feasting and Fasting is an introduction to the foods and beverages that were a central part of how our ancestors celebrated important events.

    Long before the arrival of newcomers, the First Nations were celebrating the passages of life, the changing seasons, and the gifts of the Great Spirit with feasting. As settlers from around the world arrived on Canadas shores, they brought with them the memories and traditions from home. Diverse and unique culinary histories began to develop as the newcomers were unable to find some of their traditional ingredients and were forced to compromise. Wild game, fruit, plants, grains, vegetables, and maple sugar were often transformed from survival foods to the foods of celebration.

    Food brought families and communities together to pay tribute, to honour, to celebrate, to mourn, and to be comforted. This is a sampling of their events and what was on their tables at births, weddings, funerals, religious holidays, garden parties, and more!

  • Univ of Toronto Pr
    Feasting and Fasting is an introduction to the foods and beverages that were a central part of how our ancestors celebrated important events. This is a sampling of their events and what was on their tables at births, weddings, funerals, religious holidays, garden parties, and more.

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