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Edible History (HISB14H3) Pop-Up Restaurant!

March 11, 2020 It’s time again for the Edible History (HISB14H3) Pop-Up Restaurant!  This year, we have a new historical theme! This year our theme is ‘foods on the move’. Read More

Lucile’s Scrapbook: Eating Around the World, 1937

March 12, 2020 This event is part of the Celebration of Research Excellence Lecture Series Read More
A man cooking street food in Delhi

Globalization from Below: Towards an Analytics of Fun and a New Kind of Collaborative Critique

February 25, 2020 In Delhi, as in Toronto and New York, street-food is served mostly by non-natives, migrants from the country to the city, and from city to city. The pleasure of urban street food provides an opening into the... Read More
Mosaic picture of various food, orange, pomegranate, chillies

Taste Affinities - Symposium

March 13, 2020 Culinaria Research Centre and the NorthRop Frye at Victoria College are pleased to present the Taste Affinities Symposium. Free and Open Registration Schedule of the day Read More
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There’s No Such Thing as a Free School Lunch?

March 6, 2020 Canada doesn’t have a national school food program, making it an anomaly among comparable wealthy nations. Read More

Scholar in Residence

February 24, 2020 to February 29, 2020 Krishnendu Ray received his Ph.D. in Sociology from SUNY Binghamton in 2001. He holds a master’s degree in Political Science from Delhi University, India. Read More
Picture showing Christophe doing molecular gastronomy

Master class 'Culinary art and science'

February 12, 2020 Molecular Gastronomy is a scientific discipline dedicated to studying the mechanisms behind the preparation and consumption of food. Read More

FESTIVE FOODS AND CANADIAN FOODWAYS

December 2, 2019 Hear Ye! Hear Ye! We welcome all interested participants to join our wellesteemed guests for the final HISD73 class focusing on festive food and the power of spectacle. Read More

The Tradition of Invention: Italian Food of the World

October 27, 2019 A discussion with: Prof. Simone Cinotto – Professor of Modern History at UNISG Prof. Daniel Bender – University of Toronto, Culinaria Research Centre Prof. Wendy Mah – Professor of Culinary Arts at George... Read More

Bush Cakes and Buckwheat Pancakes: Interpreting Historic Cookbooks and Recipes

November 11, 2019 According to the Female Emigrant’s Guide, originally published in 1855, buckwheat pancakes were considered a favourite “national dainty” in Victorian-era Canada. A seemingly simple recipe can tell us much... Read More