O, Canada! Keep your food glorious and tasty! While Canadian cuisine tends follow two major lines of influence — English and French — this larger divide can overshadow a multitude of culinary impacts, both native and from afar.
The original population of Canada contributed to an emphasis in Canadian cooking on wild ingredients, including game, salmon, berries, wild rice and maple syrup. Slavic and Scandinavian immigrants brought their warming dishes to the Canadian heartland. Asian immigrants carried their style of cooking to the coastal cities.
Typical Canadian Dishes
Try these recipes from Canada.
(Canadian ginger and crispy beef stir fry)
(Canadian maple syrup taffy)
(Canadian fried potatoes with gravy and cheese curds)
(Canadian layered chocolate and custard bars)
(French Canadian pork pie)
(Canadian-American wild grain pilaf)
(Canadian salmon grill-roasted on aromatic wood)
(Canadian hot dog and cornbread on a stick; see Corn Dogs recipe)