I grew up in an ocean of French on the outskirts of Trois-Rivières. However, from an early age, I felt more at ease operating in English, and, though it was never my explicit intention, began focusing ...

Poutine quietly emerged in France in 2014 with the opening of Poutinebros in Rennes, followed by La Maison de la Poutine in Paris a few years later. The majority of poutine in France is concentrated ...

Poutine has a controversial origin story. The fight has mostly centered around two Quebec restaurants—”Le Roy Jucep” in Drummondville and “Le Lutin qui rit” in Warwick, who both claim to have invented ...

Perhaps you’re a poutine purist who enjoys the much-loved Quebecois dish as the traditional combination of fries, cheese ...

But that hasn’t stopped a Quebec town from re-appropriating the poutine’s history for its own benefit in a recent tourism ad starring local personality Frédéric Bastien Forrest. Drummondville, a city ...

For us, poutine remains one of those curious civic emblems, a totem of collective identity that is both common and ...

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 ...

Declared one of Canada’s best inventions, the mess of chips, curd cheese and gravy is a deeply rooted culinary tradition that can span from the classic to the avant-garde. The day began eight hours ...

This food challenge in Canada features a 4.5-pound burger served alongside poutine, a Canadian dish made with fries, cheese ...

The difference between the words Putin and poutine is probably enough to protect most American poutine-serving restaurants from facing complaints about a connection to Vladimir Putin. The same can’t ...

MONTREAL — Some national culinary “treasures’ were never destined for export, which only adds to their status at home. That’s how many have seen poutine, a dish composed of soft French fries drowned ...

SEOUL, South Korea — When native South Koreans hear the word “poutine” for the first time, they usually think “Putin.” As in, Vladimir Putin. So says Ellie Kim, the 33-year-old store owner of Oh!