Canada
Poutine, tourtière, maple syrup and Pacific salmon.
Iconic recipes
Classic Poutine
Quebec staple of crisp fries smothered in cheese curds and rich brown gravy.
Tourtière
Quebec spiced pork pie with cinnamon, clove and savoury, in a buttery double crust.
Butter Tarts
Flaky pastry shells filled with gooey brown-sugar, butter and maple filling.
Nanaimo Bars
No-bake BC layered bars: coconut-graham base, custard buttercream and chocolate top.
Montreal-Style Bagels
Sweeter, chewier bagels boiled in honey water and baked in a wood-fired style oven.
Pan Bannock
Indigenous-inspired skillet bread, golden outside and tender inside.
Soupe aux Pois
Quebec yellow split-pea soup with smoky ham hock and herbs.
Maple-Glazed Salmon
Pacific salmon brushed with maple, soy and Dijon, roasted until lacquered.
Peameal Bacon Sandwich
Toronto classic of cornmeal-crusted back bacon griddled and stacked on a soft kaiser.
Halifax Donair
East Coast spiced beef wrap with sweet condensed-milk garlic sauce, tomato and onion.
Maple-Pecan Pie
Pure maple syrup pecan pie in a flaky butter crust.
Acadian Ployes
Acadian buckwheat pancakes cooked one side only, served with butter and maple.
Saskatoon Berry Pie
Prairie summer pie of saskatoon berries in a flaky double crust.
Montreal Smoked Meat
Quebec-style brisket dry-cured with pickling spices, smoked, then steamed and piled on rye with yellow mustard.
Ottawa BeaverTails
Ottawa-born fried whole-wheat dough paddles stretched flat and dusted with cinnamon sugar or drizzled with maple.
Pouding Chômeur
Quebec 'poor man's pudding' — vanilla cake baked in hot maple syrup so a sticky caramel forms underneath.
Quebec Sugar Pie
Traditional Quebec pie with a rich brown-sugar, cream and vanilla filling in a flaky butter crust.
Cretons
Quebec pork spread simmered with milk, onion and warm spices, chilled and served on toast for breakfast.
Newfoundland Jiggs' Dinner
Newfoundland Sunday boil-up of salt beef, cabbage, root vegetables and pease pudding steamed in a cheesecloth bag.
Fish and Brewis
Classic Newfoundland breakfast of soaked hardtack and salt cod, topped with fried salt-pork scrunchions.
Sautéed Fiddleheads
New Brunswick spring specialty: young ostrich-fern shoots blanched twice then sautéed in butter with garlic and lemon.
Calgary Ginger Beef
Alberta Chinese-Canadian classic: deep-fried batter-crusted beef strips glazed in sweet, spicy ginger-garlic sauce.
Prairie Bumbleberry Pie
Prairie double-crust pie of mixed summer berries and rhubarb bound with a lemony cornstarch glaze.
Acadian Rappie Pie
Nova Scotia Acadian casserole of grated potato squeezed dry, saturated with chicken broth and baked with pulled chicken until golden.
Alberta Bloody Caesar
Calgary-invented Canadian cocktail of vodka, Clamato, hot sauce and Worcestershire on a celery-salt rim.
Prairie Date Squares
Also called matrimonial cake — sweet date filling sandwiched between buttery oat-crumble layers.