MacDonald Was Late for Dinner: A Slice of Culinary Life in Early Canada [Paperback]

Patricia Beeson (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1993

Both a history book and a cookbook "MacDonald Was Late for Dinner" presents a remarkable assortment of early recipes together with historical detail about how, where and by whom they were once prepared and consumed.

The recipes are all from Upper Canada and early Ontario, but the collection includes treasured family recipes from the home of a variety of figures of national importance from Governors-General and Prime Ministers to those from humbler homes.

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"...an admirable piece of work. It provides an informative and up-to-date survey of the variety of English spoken..." -- Donald Wesling, University of California, San Diego.

Product Details

• Paperback: 207 pages
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division; 1 edition (November 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1551110229
• ISBN-13: 978-1551110226
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,918,064 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cooking from a bygone era, January 20, 2004

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This review is from: MacDonald Was Late for Dinner: A Slice of Culinary Life in Early Canada (Paperback)

I'm not a big cook, but when I came across this book I had to have just for its concept alone.

The book largely consists of recipes taken from early cookbooks, or are adapted from old family recipes. Since Ontario was home to a large immigrant population, the author/compiler has included a number of ethnic recipes.

Each page consists of one recipe, from a given location--beginning in the west in Amherstburg and working eastward to Ottawa, and then to the north--and on the facing page is a large photo from the nineteenth- or early twentieth-century from that region. In all, there are just under 100 recipes.