History of Immigration
Which Canadian cities received the majority of first-wave Italian immigrants?
Toronto and Montreal
This Italian word describes the cultural identity that food helped preserve in the diaspora.
Italianità
Name one dish that became globally associated with "Italian" food but was marginal or nonexistent in many parts of Italy.
Spaghetti and meatballs / Caesar salad
In 2025, a study examined Italian diaspora food traditions in which South American country?
Brazil
Which region of Italy sent the most immigrants in the first wave?
Southern Italy - Calabria and Sicily.
True or false: Italian immigrants all shared the same national cuisine when they arrived in Canada.
False: food traditions were highly regional
Georgia Wall's research focused on Italian food entrepreneurs in this city.
London
The Venetian descendants Zocchi studied lived in this Brazilian state.
Minas Gerais
This is the term for the migration pattern where one person's arrival opens the door for relatives and neighbours to follow.
Chain immigration
When Italian immigrants couldn't find their original ingredients in Canada, they did this to continue cooking familiar dishes.
Substituted with local Canadian ingredients
According to Biagioni, how were Italian recipes preserved in the home and passed down?
Rarely written down, they passed recipes down orally
Name one of the three mechanisms of hybridization.
Ingredient modification, culinary technique adaptation, recontextualization