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

Ridel (Élisabeth), Barre (Éric) & Zysberg (André), eds. Les nourritures de la mer, de la criée à l’assiette.

De Vooght Daniëlle. Ridel (Élisabeth), Barre (Éric) & Zysberg (André), eds. Les nourritures de la mer, de la criée à l’assiette.. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 86, fasc. 3-4, 2008. pp. 909-910

Ridel (Élisabeth), Barre (Éric) & Zysberg (André), eds. Les nourritures de la mer, de la criée à l’assiette.

De Vooght Daniëlle. Ridel (Élisabeth), Barre (Éric) & Zysberg (André), eds. Les nourritures de la mer, de la criée à l’assiette.. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 86, fasc. 3-4, 2008. pp. 909-910

Noble Dining Guests at the Belgian Royal Court of the Nineteenth Century

De Vooght Daniëlle. Noble Dining Guests at the Belgian Royal Court of the Nineteenth Century. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 88, fasc. 2, 2010. Histoire médiévale moderne et contemporaine. pp. 479-496