The unofficial national dish of Canada, poutine is a polarizing culinary creation. “People love it or they hate it,” says Malcolm Campbell, executive chef at Cabot Cape Breton. “There isn’t a middle ...

Though Canada doesn't have an official national food, it might as well be poutine. The glorious, hot combination of fries, cheese curds, and brown gravy was developed in Quebec in the 1950s, and ...

Poutine may look like a simple comfort dish—just fries, cheese curds, and gravy—but anyone who has tasted an authentic Quebec-style bowl knows it carries a charm far bigger than its ingredients. It’s ...

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Poutine is a dish that’s riffed on by lots of restaurants, but many of those interpretations fall short of the real thing. Making poutine is like doing a backflip: You have to commit. The Imperial, a ...