Culinary Historians of Canada

03/25/2026

On behalf of its Board of Directors, the Culinary Historians of Canada is running a survey to better understand its membership. As a token of appreciation for answering the survey, the Culinary Historians of Canada will offer a one-year membership to five people who answer it. The winners will be randomly selected from all submissions at the end of the survey period (April 30, 2026).

Thank you for participating!

The survey is available at [https://s.surveyplanet.com/xmvvwcbh](https://s.surveyplanet.com/xmvvwcbh). La version française du sondage est disponible à [https://s.surveyplanet.com/cv6ej3q8](https://s.surveyplanet.com/cv6ej3q8).

Au nom de son Conseil d'administration, Historien-ne-s culinaires du Canada mène un sondage afin de mieux comprendre l'adhésion à l'organisation. En guise de remerciement, cinq personnes ayant répondu au sondage se verront offrir une adhésion d'un an. Les gagnant-e-s seront tiré-e-s au sort parmi toutes les personnes qui auront participé à la fin de la période du sondage (30 avril 2026).

Merci de votre participation!

Le sondage est disponible à [https://s.surveyplanet.com/cv6ej3q8](https://s.surveyplanet.com/cv6ej3q8). The English version of the survey is available at [https://s.surveyplanet.com/xmvvwcbh](https://s.surveyplanet.com/xmvvwcbh).

12/01/2025

The Winter newsletter is out now!

Stave off the cold by reading all about our food events: past, present, and those yet to come!

CHC members who came out to participate in the AGM at Lambton House on Sunday, October 5.   October 5 - Annual General Meeting at Lambton House by Judy Chow This year’s AGM was held at the Lambton House Museum in the west end of Toronto and over Zoom to allow attendees to participate in-person o...

11/21/2025

CHC seeks papers both personal and scholarly for inclusion in the sixth annual issue of Culinary Chronicles: Occasional Papers of the Culinary Historians of Canada. The theme is “Ingredients – Indigenous, Imported, Imagined.” Your subject can be familial, local, regional or national; your tone can be nostalgic, critical or investigative; your era can be contemporary, recent or historic – provided you see through Canadian eyes.

We're curious...what are your questions, answers, investigations and discoveries about the indigenous, imported or imaginary culinary ingredients, however you understand them, in Canada’s history and fiction? Share them with a contribution to Culinary Chronicles 2026!

To get the full description regarding CHC's call for proposals for the sixth edition of Culinary Chronicles, please email either [email protected] or [email protected].

11/17/2025

Many cookbook prizes were given out to deserving authors at the Taste Canada Awards ceremony, which occurred last week on November 10th.

The CHC would like to congratulate Jan Feduck for winning the Silver award in the "Culinary Narratives" category, for her book "Dining Out with History at Atlantic Canada's Historic Sites." She spoke to some of our membership at a virtual Zoom event in January of this year about her book, sharing a virtual tour of a selection of historic sites, including Fortress of Louisbourg, L’Anse aux Meadows, and so many more fascinating places.

Great work, Jan!

11/09/2025

The Taste Canada Awards Ceremony is only two days away! CHC members get an exclusive discount code to attend, which was sent out by email earlier in the week.

Get ready for an unforgettable evening dedicated to food and the talented Canadian culinary authors and artisans who bring it to life at the 2025 Taste Canada Awards Soirée!

On Monday, November 10th, join the Taste Canada team at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto for a night that celebrates the very best in Canadian culinary excellence!

The evening will open with a delicious Wine and Cheese Reception at 5:00 pm.

At 6:30 pm, the oh-so-charming and charismatic host Chef Anna Olson will announce this year’s gold and silver winners in both English-language books and French-language books.

Then, at 8:00 pm, prepare your taste buds for the Chefs Celebration Reception, where you can enjoy culinary delights prepared by some of Canada’s best chefs!

If you like food, cooking and celebrating Canadian food culture and heritage, this is the place you'd want to be!

11/01/2025

We are pleased to announce that the honorary member for 2025 is one of our longest serving members, Sherry Murphy! Pictured below is Sherry recieving the award from our Past President, Sarah Hood.

For the past two decades, Sherry Murphy has been one of the most dedicated and generous volunteers for the Culinary Historians of Canada, and other organizations as well. She has extensive knowledge of open-hearth and wood-oven cooking techniques, and her cakes and cookies, baked from historic recipes, have enriched numerous events, especially our annual Baking for the Victorian Christmas Table, which she leads.

She has served for many years as a volunteer historic cook at Montgomery’s Inn and Fort York National Historic Site. She contributes a column on historic cooking to the Bluffs Monitor newspaper in Scarborough, Ontario. In particular, she has become an expert in WWI-era cooking, and has made many presentations on the topic, including a notable presentation to thousands of students visiting France for the centenary of Vimy Ridge.

Congratulations, Sherry!

10/09/2025

Event Alert!

Our very own Past President, Sarah Hood, will speak to the Huron County Historical Society virtually through Zoom on October 15th at 7PM. Her topic will be “A Cook’s Tour of Canadian Culinary History.” She will explore how people have chosen, produced and prepared their food in what is now Canada.

Everyone is welcome to attend this talk as a guest! You just need to [email protected] to receive the joining information.

Be sure to email them before October 12th in order to get the Zoom link if you are interested!

10/08/2025

We still are thinking about the delicious treats that were made for us on Sunday at our Annual General Meeting! We would like to send a heartfelt thank you to Jan Main, who made every single one of the baked goods that were served at our event.

All of them came from "Aunt Maud’s Recipe Book: From the Kitchen of L.M. Montgomery", by Elaine and Kelly Crawford (Norval, ON: Moulin Publishing, 1996). They include the following dishes: Butterscotch Squares, Boston Cookies, Layer Cookies, Mrs. MacPherson’s Gingersnaps, Park Corner Ribbon Cake with Orange Icing, and Apple Sauce Cake with Lemon Glaze.

Thank you for your hard work and diligence in baking them for CHC!

10/07/2025

At Lambton House in Toronto, many in-person and online attendees learned about our activities over the past year, bid on books at our silent auction, and listened with rapt attention to Dr. Andrea McKenzie during her talk on "The Delights of Cake", discussing how cake was an integral part of author L.M. Montgomery's life, as well as for the heroines in her many novels. We also ate delicious treats inspired by Anne of Green Gables!

Many thanks are in order: to Lambton House for lending us their space; to Mya Sangster and Sherry Murphy for making such lovely refreshments, and to Dr. McKenzie for giving such a fascinating talk!

09/01/2025

The Fall Newsletter is out now!

Read about our upcoming Annual General Meeting at Lambton House, a recap of some of CHC's events throughout the summer, and other food related events!

Sad about summer ending? Our food related events for fall will have you salivating!