Sir John's Table : The Culinary Life & Times of Canada's First Prime Minister...

Description: Sir John's Table : The Culinary Life & Times of Canada's First Prime Minister, Goose Lane Editions, Paperback by Mechefske, Lindy, ISBN 0864928815, ISBN-13 9780864928818, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Commemorating the two-hundredth anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald's birth, Sir John's Table is a refreshing look at Canada's first prime minister. Sir John's Table traverses the colourful life of Macdonald, from his passage as a young Scottish boy in the steerage compartment aboard theEarl of Buckinghamshire to his new home in Kingston, Upper Canada. It traces his boyhood years of stealing fish and scarfing down fairy cakes into his adult life as a lawyer, husband, father, and eventual leader of the newly founded dominion of Canada. It was a journey that began with hardtack and suspicious-looking, watered-down stew amidst appallingly unsanitary conditions and culminated in grand dinners held in Macdonald's honour. In a breezy and engaging style, author Lindy Mechefske traces Macdonald's life through some of the common foods of the day, from mutton, quince, and gooseberries to hare, cow heel, and ox cheek. Along the way, she reveals how to concoct the fried oysters served at the Charlottetown Conference and how a roast duck dinner saved the dominion.

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Book Title: Sir John's Table : the Culinary Life and Times of Canada's First Prime Minister

Number of Pages: 232 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Goose Lane Editions

Topic: Regional & Ethnic / Canadian, Social History, General, Presidents & Heads of State, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), History, Customs & Traditions, Diet & Nutrition / General

Item Height: 0.6 in

Publication Year: 2015

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Cooking, Social Science, Health & Fitness, Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Weight: 11.3 Oz

Item Length: 8 in

Author: Lindy Mechefske

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback