Canadian cuisine a smorgasbord of regional flavours (CanWest News Service

From The Montreal Gazette through CanWest News Service:

By George Pandi , For Canwest News Service

"....Cuisine Canada, a patriotic foodie movement, has been promoting a national culinary identity to counter the global fads..."

"...Canada has many regions each with their own climates and many microclimates. Each of these inspires chefs differently; their creations vary. You'll have to travel to taste them because, thank heaven, they don't work for chains with identical menus coast to coast...."

"....Eating Canadian is an exploration -- the country is too big to have a single national cuisine. To paraphrase former prime minister Joe Clark, Canada has a cuisine of cuisines. Not a stew pot, but a smorgasbord...."

http://www.canada.com/topics/travel/canada/story.html?id=4c908009-f306-4dd4-b181-91e0b28731ea&k=86202

Also see: What makes Canadian cuisine distinct? Four top chefs speak out
http://www.canada.com/topics/travel/canada/story.html?id=8e783513-85ea-4b43-a587-a7ce8dd87419