18 research outputs found
Iconic dishes, culture and identity: the Christmas pudding and its hundred years’ journey in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and India
Asserting that recipes are textual evidences reflecting the society that produced them, this article explores the evolution of the recipes of the iconic Christmas pudding in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and India between the mid-nineteenth and the mid-twentieth centuries. Combining a micro-analysis of the recipes and the cookbook that provided them with contemporary testimonies, the article observes the dynamics revealed by the preparation and consumption of the pudding in these different societies. The findings demonstrate the relevance of national iconic dishes to the study of notions of home, migration and colonization, as well as the development of a new society and identity. They reveal how the preservation, transformation and even rejection of a traditional dish can be representative of the complex and sometimes conflicting relationships between colonists, migrants or new citizens and the places they live in
The backwoods of Canada: being letters from the wife of an emigrant officer, illustrative of the domestic economy of British America.
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The Canadian Crusoes. A tale of the Rice Lake plains.
Added t.p., illustrated.Mode of access: Internet
Studies of plant life in Canada : wild flowers, flowering shrubs, and grasses /
Mode of access: Internet