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NYT on Nanaimo Bars feat. Prof. Dan

Prof. Dan Bender weighs in on the cultural dynamics of a culinary controversy.

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Food on the move and 700 years of

Students enrolled in Edible History course run a pop-up restaurant, serving recipes and history lessons for diners.

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A Toronto, le goût de la Syrie

Fidèle à sa réputation multiculturaliste, Toronto accueille de nombreux réfugiés syriens qui y essaiment leur

front page of the first cook book

Holiday foods in Victorian Toronto

Toronto was a very different place in the 19th century, and nowhere was that more obvious than in its eating habits.

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Culinaria students celebrate

A unique initiative supported by U of T Scarborough students is helping shed a light on community-based caterers.

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Please don't call it a food swamp

Food swamp describes an urban environment where there is a lot of food for sale that is not nutritious.

Three women preparing prawn curry together

Sri Lankan Cookbook Brings Second-

“Handmade,” a cookbook published in 2015, encourages the preparation of traditional dishes from the South Asian country.

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Interview with Director Daniel Bender

What is Canadian cuisine? Some Food for Thought...

New York Times newspaper; Dining section, front cover

A Toronto Tasting With The Times

Times food editor Sam Sifton hosts this festive event marking The New York Times's focus on food in Canada

Chef Nick Liu

Culinaria featured in Toronto Life

Here’s what happened when DaiLo chef Nick Liu cooked Chinese food from a 119-year-old menu

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Chinese Food Everywhere at Culinaria

Culinaria has been featured in the UTSC University News

World’s largest collection of Chinese

Watch Daniel Bender talk on largest collection of Chinese menus on City Breakfast Television

U of T acquires the world’s largest

Read about U of T's acquisition of the largest Chinese restaurant menus in The Star

Culinaria brings food studies to the

Read about Culinaria's contribution to the world of food in the UTSC Commons (Fall 2014)

U of T acquires collection of 10,000

Read about U of T's acquisition of the largest Chinese restaurant menus in CBC

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The new snack craze on Mexico’s streets

Read about Jeffrey Piclher's work on Mexican street food in the Washington Post (October 20, 2014)

In search of real Mexican Tacos

Read about Jeffrey Pilcher's work on Mexican Food in the Boston Globe (May 6, 2014)

First -ever-food-writer-in-residence

Read about celebrated cookbook author Naomi Duguid month-long residence on campus in the UTSC news

Building Community Gardens

Listen to Camille Bégin talk about community gardens in Paris, France, as well as her upcoming book, on the Heritage

Why foodies, bloggers and scholars are

Read about Culinaria in the UofT News (March 24, 2015)

U.S. Economist touts Scarborough as the

Read about Tyler Cowan, author of An Economist Gets Lunch, visit to Scarborough and Culinaria in the Toronto Star (

Jeffrey Pilcher on Culinary Tourism

Culinary Tourism

Watch Jeffrey Piclher on culinary Tourism on CCTV America

Dan Bender on Durian and the Smells of Empire

Durian and the Smells of Empire

Watch Dan Bender on durian and the smells of empire @ TedX UTSC