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Essential Anthologies Series
Presenting prose and poetry from the best writers in Canada.
Although poetry is one of the oldest art forms and cinema one of the youngest,...
Mothers of the 1950s were wasp-waisted, dutiful, serene, and tied to the kitchen with apron...
Essays by Canadian newspaper reporters and editors on their lives in the news business before...
The persistence of misconceptions about Italian-Canadian food culture raises many questions for us. Are we gluttonous, inebriate and too loud? Do we force-feed guests? Are we in fact food-obsessed? How many grains of truth can a stereotype hold? We had to know, so we asked articulate and thoughtful Italian-Canadian writers and simpatico friends from British Columbia to Newfoundland. The responses were surprising, thoughtful, entertaining and often touching, making my co-editor, Delia De Santis, and I very glad we asked, as every piece which streamed over the internet's ether was a gift and a joy to read. And the result is...
"A bite of Canada's culinary minestra might taste like smoked salmon stuffed perogies, on a bed of curried lentil couscous layered with foie gras quenelle, garnished with a crackling of pemmican prosciutto and a dusting of dulse in a pool of ginger, lemon grass and sake reduction, followed by a... "
Italian Canadians At Table: A Narrative Feast in Five Courses
Loretta Gatto-White, Delia De Santis
2013
Loretta Gatto-White, Delia De Santis
2013
