Canadian cuisine consists of the cooking traditions and practices of Canada, with regional variances across the country. First Nations and Inuit have practiced their culinary traditions in the land now called Canada for at least fifteen thousand years, and European settlers on the east coast and then across New France, British North America and Canada blended foreign recipes and techniques with Indigenous plants and animals. Modern Canadian cooking values local ingredients and terroir, naming products by their place, as with Malpeque oysters and Alberta beef. Regional emphases include lobster and dulse in the Maritimes, salmon and crab in British Columbia and maple syrup in central Canada.
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Source Canadian Cuisine (Wikipedia)
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Source Garlic fingers (Wikipedia)
Source Hawaiian pizza (Wikipedia)
Source Saskatoon berry pie (Wikipedia)
Source Sushi pizza (Wikipedia)
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Source Canadian Cuisine (Wikipedia)
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Source Canadian Cuisine (Wikipedia)
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1. Canadian Cuisine (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia article, lead section
Canadian food and cuisine consists of the cooking traditions and practices of Canada, with regional variances around the country.
Uses Ingredient: Maple Syrup, Wikipedia article text
Maple syrup was first collected and used by the Indigenous peoples of Eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States, and Canada remains the world's largest producer.
Uses Ingredient: Oyster, Wikipedia article text
Modern Canadian cuisine has maintained this dedication to local ingredients and terroir, as exemplified in the naming of specific ingredients based on their locale, such as Malpeque oysters or Alberta beef.
Uses Ingredient: Beef, Wikipedia article text
Modern Canadian cuisine has maintained this dedication to local ingredients and terroir, as exemplified in the naming of specific ingredients based on their locale, such as Malpeque oysters or Alberta beef.
Uses Ingredient: Salmon, Wikipedia article text
In most of the Canadian West Coast and Pacific Northwest, Pacific salmon is an important food resource to the First Nations peoples, along with certain marine mammals.
Expresses Tradition: Maple Syrup Production, Wikipedia article text
Maple syrup was first collected and used by the Indigenous peoples of Eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States, and Canada remains the world's largest producer.
View the SourceHawaiian pizza (Wikipedia)
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Hawaiian pizza is a pizza invented in Canada, topped with pineapple, tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, and either ham or bacon.
Sushi pizza (Wikipedia)
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Sushi pizza is a Canadian dish that originated from Toronto and a fusion of sushi and pizza often served in the Greater Toronto Area, conceptualized by Kaoru Ohsada no later than May 1993 as a Nami Japanese Seafood Restaurant chef.
Garlic fingers (Wikipedia)
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Garlic fingers (French: Doigts à l'ail), also known as garlic cheese fingers or garlies, are an Atlantic Canadian dish, similar to a pizza in shape and size and made with the same type of dough.
Saskatoon berry pie (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Saskatoon Berry Pie, lead paragraphQuote, Features Dish: Saskatoon Berry Pie, lead paragraph
The pie is a traditional Canadian dessert, particularly in Saskatchewan.
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