Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. My First Taste of Poutine, Farnham, Quebec
2. Poutine?!
3. What Is Poutine, Really?
3.1 Cheese Curds and Their Squeakiness: The Butterfly of Cheese
3.2 Fries: Poutine’s Bedrock
3.3 Gravy and Innovation: A Fusion of Bliss
3.4 Poutine Varieties
4. Why the First Time You Eat Poutine Matters
4.1 The First Time
Part One: The Bedrock
5. With Poutine, History Matters
5.1 Canada’s Dark History
5.2 Quebec’s Political Context
6. Cooking, Religion, and History
6.1 Agriculture and Textiles
6.2 The Industrial Revolution, Fast Food, and the Death of Cooking 6.3 The Shrinking Kitchen
6.4 From Poutine Prohibition to Adulation
7. What Makes a Food Trend?
7.1 A Social Phenomenon, Food Traditions, and Poutine
Part Two: The Invention and Spread
8. Creators, Ambassadors, and Franchises
8.1 Facts
8.2 Jean-Paul Roy: Inventor of the Modern Poutine
8.3 Poutine’s Godfather and Ambassadors
8.4 Poutine: What’s in the Name?
9. Poutine: Canada’s Pizza
9.1 How is Poutine Iconic?
9.2 A Dish and Social Identity
9.3 Is Poutine Part of Canada’s National Identity?
9.4 Is Poutine Part of Canada’s Food Identity?
9.5 Pride and Poutine
Part Three: The Distinction
10.Is the Mighty Poutine…
10.1 Comfort food?
10.2 A National Brand?
10.3 An Event Magnet?
10.4 The Ultimate Shareable Dish?
10.5 A Side Dish or a Meal?
10.6 A Pricey Dish?
Part Four: The Pilgrimage
11. Following the Poutine: A Pilgrimage
11.1 Visiting the Location(s) Where it Started
11.2 Drummondville and Warwick: Poutine’s Ground Zero
11.3 The Father of Poutine
11.4 Drummondville and Le Roy Jucep
11.5 Ambassador: Meeting the Godfather of Poutine
12. The Poutine Pilgrimage, Continued Around the World
12.1 Poutine in Toronto
12.2 Poutine in Cleveland
12.3 Poutine in the Big Easy, New Orleans
12.4 Poutine in the Land Down Under
12.5 Poutine in France
13.The Future of Poutine
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Endnotes
