{"product_id":"poutine-a-deep-fried-road-trip-of-discovery-9781771624220","title":"Poutine: A Deep-Fried Road Trip of Discovery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhile searching for the origins of Canada's most famous fried dish, journalist Justin Giovannetti Lamothe finds a reflection not only of the country's intricate history, but also of his own neglected cultural roots.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe recipe is deceptively simple--fried potatoes, cheese curds, gravy--but the story behind it is as rich and complex as Canada itself. Poutine is the closest thing we have to a national dish. As its popularity has spread across the country and beyond, it has become what the baguette is to France: a kind of national symbol, as immediately Canadian as the toque, beaver or hockey puck.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYet the odd, winding history of poutine has never been written--until now. Following lore about the dish's rise from the road-side chip wagons of rural Quebec, award-winning journalist Justin Giovannetti Lamothe tells a story that mirrors the growth of modern Canada and the shifting cultural gap between La Belle Province and its English-speaking neighbors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the son of an anglophone mother and a francophone father, Giovannetti Lamothe is perfectly suited to the task: much of his childhood was spent on the outskirts of Trois-Rivi?res, a stone's throw from the region where--according to local lore--poutine was invented sometime in the 1950s or '60s. As he tracks poutine's origins and wanderings, he also reveals the evolving nature of his relationship to his father and, with this, to the Québécois heritage he once drifted away from.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter reading the delectable \u003cem\u003ePoutine\u003c\/em\u003e, you'll never see--or taste--this humbly famous food in quite the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLamothe, Justin Giovannetti:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBorn in the heart of rural Quebec, \u003cstrong\u003eJustin Giovannetti Lamothe\u003c\/strong\u003e has worked as a journalist in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. His reporting has focused on the human drama at the centre of such major events as the rail disaster in Lac-Mégantic and the wildfires in Fort McMurray, and has earned him an investigative award from the Canadian Association of Journalists. He lives in Montreal, QC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Douglas \u0026 McIntyre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51298592784658,"sku":"9781771624220","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5becbfa0-58fd-48f4-a54f-9a1e0200a693.jpg?v=1748691985","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/poutine-a-deep-fried-road-trip-of-discovery-9781771624220","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}