Where We Ate

“Pull up a chair to this warm, thoughtful, coast-to-coast story of the restaurants that built our country and our culture. Try the recipes. Where We Ate will make youhungry for the past. History was never this delicious.”—AMY PATAKI, former restaurant critic, Toronto Star“This book, while it can never transport us entirely to any one of the restaurants it features, does something that may be more valuable. Where We Ate connects the dots to show us how each era of dining, along with the influences of culinary andimmigration trends, flowed into the next. It is a story, told in snack-sized bites, of how Canada went from Turtle Soup to Beef Heart Bolognese.”—COREY MINTZ, author The Next Supper“If you love food and you love Canada, you’ll love Where We Ate.”—Toronto Sun“In her new book, Where We Ate, Gabby Peyton digs into the historic and cultural influence of 150 restaurants that have changed the way Canadians eat. It’s an interesting exploration that strays from the same old standards we’ve often used to define our cuisine.”—The Toronto Star“Embracing her zeal for “travelling to eat” expanded her focus to “where” we eat. Where We Ate is a synthesis of Peyton’s love of history, food, what people eat and why — all with a Canadian focus.”—The Hamilton Spectator”…reads like the diary of a cross-country road trip from pre-Confederation to present day”—The Globe and Mail

Gabby Peyton is a food writer and restaurant critic. She is a trained art historian, with a master’s degree from the University of Toronto, but started her food-writing career with her blog The Food Girl in Town in 2012 and has been obsessing about dining out ever since. She is currently the restaurant critic for the Telegram in St. John’s, and her work on food culture and history has appeared on the CBC, and in Eater, Chatelaine, and enRoute magazine. She lives with her husband, Adam, in a 100-year-old house in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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