
Feasting and Fasting
Description
Alles über E-Books | Antworten auf Fragen rund um E-Books, Kopierschutz und Dateiformate finden Sie in unserem Info- & Hilfebereich.
Feasting and Fasting is an introduction to the foods and beverages that were a central part of how our ancestors celebrated important events.
Long before the arrival of newcomers, the First Nations were celebrating the passages of life, the changing seasons, and the gifts of the Great Spirit with feasting. As settlers from around the world arrived on Canada's shores, they brought with them the memories and traditions from home. Diverse and unique culinary histories began to develop as the newcomers were unable to find some of their traditional ingredients and were forced to compromise. Wild game, fruit, plants, grains, vegetables, and maple sugar were often transformed from survival foods to the foods of celebration.
Food brought families and communities together to pay tribute, to honour, to celebrate, to mourn, and to be comforted. This is a sampling of their events and what was on their tables at births, weddings, funerals, religious holidays, garden parties, and more!
More details
Other editions
Additional editions

Person
Dorothy Duncan has worked with organizations across Canada and around the world to ensure that Canada's culinary history is recognized, researched, and recorded. In 2007 her book Canadians at Table won the Cuisine Canada and University of Guelph Culinary Book Gold Award. Nothing More Comforting, Dorothy's first book for Dundurn, was published in 2003 to wide acclaim.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1 In the Beginning
- 2 Welcome to the New Year: From Feast to Fast to Feast
- 3 Sir John A. at Table
- 4 Remembering "Rabbie" Burns
- 5 L'Ordre de bon temps, Order of Good Cheer
- 6 St. Valentine and the Foods of Love
- 7 Gung Hei Fat Choi - May You Have Good Fortune and Riches!
- 8 Shrove Tuesday: The Feast Before the Fast
- 9 St. David's Day
- 10 Sap's Running!
- 11 St. Patrick's Day
- 12 Celebrations of Survival: Purim and Passover
- 13 God's Day
- 14 He Is Risen!
- 15 "Damned Cold Water Drinking Societies!"
- 16 Mother: The Hero of the Hearthfire
- 17 Happy Birthday, Queen Victoria
- 18 La Fête de St-Jean-Baptiste
- 19 Dominion Day
- 20 Feasts of the Fur Traders
- 21 Pic-Nics, Pleasure Parties, and Garden Parties
- 22 Secret Societies: Societies with Secrets or Service Societies?
- 23 High Holy Days: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
- 24 Labour Day
- 25 Let Us Give Thanks
- 26 All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day
- 27 Remember, Remember the Fifth of November
- 28 Lest We Forget
- 29 La Tire Ste-Catherine
- 30 St. Andrew: The Man and the Society
- 31 Feast of Dedication: Hanukkah or Chanukah
- 32 Christ's Mass
- 33 Season of Celebrations
- 34 New Year's Eve and Hogmanay
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
System requirements
File format: ePUB
Copy protection: Watermark-DRM (Digital Rights Management)
System requirements:
- Computer (Windows; MacOS X; Linux): Use a reading software that can process the file format ePUB: e.g., Adobe Digital Editions or FBReader – both free (see eBook Help).
- Tablet/Smartphone (Android; iOS): Before downloading, install the free app Adobe Digital Editions (see eBook Help).
- E-reader: Bookeen, Kobo, Pocketbook, Sony, Tolino and many more (not Kindle).
The file format ePUB works well for novels and non-fiction books – i.e., „flowing” text without complex layout. On an e-reader or smartphone, line and page breaks automatically adjust to fit the small displays.
This eBook uses Watermark-DRM, a „soft” copy protection. This means that there are no technical restrictions to prevent illegal distribution. However, there is a personalised watermark embedded in the eBook that can be used to identify the purchaser of the eBook in the event of misuse and to provide evidence for legal purposes.
For more information, see our eBook Help page.