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Author:   Sylvain Charlebois
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   Aevo UTP
Dimensions:   Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781487541613

ISBN 10:   1487541619
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   23 September 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available, will be POD  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Preface   Introduction   1. My First Taste of Poutine, Farnham, Quebec    2. Poutine?!    3. What Is Poutine, Really?    3.1 Cheese Curds and Their Squeakiness: The Butterfly of Cheese 3.2 Fries: Poutine’s Bedrock    3.3 Gravy and Innovation: A Fusion of Bliss    3.4 Poutine Varieties 4. Why the First Time You Eat Poutine Matters   4.1 The First Time Part One: The Bedrock 5. With Poutine, History Matters    5.1 Canada’s Dark History    5.2 Quebec’s Political Context 6. Cooking, Religion, and History    6.1 Agriculture and Textiles    6.2 The Industrial Revolution, Fast Food, and the Death of Cooking 6.3 The Shrinking Kitchen    6.4 From Poutine Prohibition to Adulation    7. What Makes a Food Trend?    7.1 A Social Phenomenon, Food Traditions, and Poutine   Part Two: The Invention and Spread 8. Creators, Ambassadors, and Franchises    8.1 Facts    8.2 Jean-Paul Roy: Inventor of the Modern Poutine    8.3 Poutine’s Godfather and Ambassadors    8.4 Poutine: What’s in the Name?    9. Poutine: Canada’s Pizza    9.1 How is Poutine Iconic? 9.2 A Dish and Social Identity    9.3 Is Poutine Part of Canada’s National Identity? 9.4 Is Poutine Part of Canada’s Food Identity?  9.5 Pride and Poutine    Part Three: The Distinction 10.Is the Mighty Poutine… 10.1 Comfort food?  10.2 A National Brand? 10.3 An Event Magnet?   10.4 The Ultimate Shareable Dish?    10.5 A Side Dish or a Meal?    10.6 A Pricey Dish?    Part Four: The Pilgrimage 11. Following the Poutine: A Pilgrimage  11.1 Visiting the Location(s) Where it Started    11.2 Drummondville and Warwick: Poutine’s Ground Zero    11.3 The Father of Poutine    11.4 Drummondville and Le Roy Jucep    11.5 Ambassador: Meeting the Godfather of Poutine    12. The Poutine Pilgrimage, Continued Around the World    12.1 Poutine in Toronto    12.2 Poutine in Cleveland    12.3 Poutine in the Big Easy, New Orleans    12.4 Poutine in the Land Down Under    12.5 Poutine in France    13.The Future of Poutine    Appendix 1 Appendix 2  Endnotes

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Sylvain Charlebois is a professor of management and the director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. He is a co-host of The Food Professor podcast.

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