Main Dishes

Ask ten Canadians to name the country’s ultimate comfort food and you’ll probably get ten different answers, shaped almost entirely by where they grew up. A Newfoundlander might say Jiggs dinner. Someone from Winnipeg may immediately choose perogies. In Montreal, …

Few Canadian desserts inspire as much debate as the Nanaimo bar—not because anyone doubts that it’s delicious, but because its history is surprisingly difficult to pin down. Who invented it? When did it first appear? And what exactly should the …