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.