Acadian food

I was brought up on this. We always had it for special days. At home this was made more than roast beef.

Buried within my husband’s Acadian roots comes a delicious recipe for a potato and bread stuffing. The star of this recipe is the little known herb, savory.

Discover the most popular Canadian foods you simply have to try when you visit Canada, from poutine and peameal bacon, to butter tarts and bagels.

This popular chicken fricot is easily one of our favourite Acadian recipes. It is the epitome of comfort food in New Brunswick, and is essentially an Acadian take on chicken stew and dumplings. These soft, fluffy dumplings are also often fondly referred to as dough boys in the Maritimes. The combination of chicken, potatoes, carrots, and dumplings make for a hearty bowl that’s both simple and delicious. While the recipe may vary slightly from one home to the next across the Maritimes…

Recipe inspired from A Taste of Acadie, by Marielle Cormier-Boudreau and Melvin Gallant This is by far the most popular fricot in Acadia. For important social occasions, such as frolics and corvées, a chicken was killed to make a big fricot. Even today, most Acadian families still make this delicious dish. Serves 6

On this page, we're sharing our most beloved French-Canadian, Acadian and Québécois dishes : classics from grand-maman. This is a favourite Acadian dessert, the poutine à trou.

An easy recipe for classic Jewish potato kugel with no flour and no potato starch. Great for Passover! Courtesy of the Women’s Branch of the Orthodox Union.

On this page, we're sharing our most beloved French-Canadian, Acadian and Québécois dishes : classics from grand-maman. Here is a classic Acadian dish called the chicken fricot.

Acadian cooking is country-class food, accompanied by lots of bread, with main dishes often being one-pot meals. Breakfast was traditionally the biggest meal of the day. They call it "déjeuner" (even though in France that means lunch, which is the biggest meal of the day there.) Now, breakfast migh

This popular chicken fricot is easily one of our favourite Acadian recipes. It is the epitome of comfort food in New Brunswick, and is essentially an Acadian take on chicken stew and dumplings. These soft, fluffy dumplings are also often fondly referred to as dough boys in the Maritimes. The combination of chicken, potatoes, carrots, and dumplings make for a hearty bowl that’s both simple and delicious. While the recipe may vary slightly from one home to the next across the Maritimes…