Speaking in Cod Tongues

Lenore Newman holds the Canada Research Chair in Food Security at the University of the Fraser Valley, where she is an Associate Professor of Geography. Lenore is a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada. She researches regional cuisine, agricultural land use, and urban food systems. Her love affair with food began on her family's fishing boats, where she gained an early introduction into the world of direct marketing of local products, and she is a strong advocate for fresh, local food. Lenore lives in Vancouver with her partner, Katherine, and spends her spare time tending her family's orchard.

Foreword by Sarah Elton Acknowledgements Part I: From Confederation to Cuisine Introduction: Sideboard Diplomacy The Language of Cuisine From a Cold Country: The Cuisine of an Imagined Wilderness Seasonality in an Age of Eternal Summer The Canadian Creole Ingredients: As Canadian as Maple Syrup Part II: A Tour of the Regions Quebec and Ontario Alberta and British Columbia The East Coast, the Prairies, and the North Part III: Canadian Cuisine Looks Forward Food and Public Life Between Places Coming Home to an Uncertain Future Notes References Index