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Title page of book, THE WORKS OF SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, volume 3, (1615-1618) Source

  

Plate from book, THE WORKS OF SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, volume 3, 1615-1618, featuring a drawing of a sculpture containing the words LES VOYAGES DU SR DE CHAMPLAIN CAPITAINE ORDINAIRE POUR LE ROY EN LA NOUVELLE FRANCE ES ANNÉES 1615 ET 1619. DÉDIÉS AU ROY Source

  

Plate from book, THE WORKS OF SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, VOLUME 3, 1615-1618, featuring a reproduction of the original French text, reading VOYAGES ET DESCOUVERTES FAITES EN LA NOUVELLE FRANCE, DEPUIS L'ANNÉE 1615, IUSQUES À LA FIN DE L'ANNÉE 1618… Source

Samuel de Champlain. The Works of Samuel de Champlain. Vol. III (1615-1618). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971. Facsim. of: The Works of Samuel de Champlain. Vol. III (1615-1618). Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1922-1936

Louis Hébert, the first farmer in New France, planted familiar European food crops as soon as he could clear the land. His success was recorded by Champlain: "[T]he gardens [are] full of all kinds of plants, such as cabbages, radishes, lettuce, purslain, sorrel, parsley and other plants, squash, cucumbers, melons, peas, beans and other vegetables as fine and as well forward as in France…" (p. 205).

Cover of cookbook, LA CUISINIÈRE BOURGEOISE Source

  

Title page of cookbook, LA CUISINIÈRE BOURGEOISE Source

  

Frontispiece of cookbook, LA CUISINIÈRE BOURGEOISE, featuring an illustration of a woman standing in a clean, well-organized kitchen, with the words, LA PROPRETÉ EST L'ORNEMENT DE NOS TABLES ET L'HONNEUR D'UNE BONNE CUISINIÈRE Source

Menon. La cuisinière bourgeoise. 3rd ed., [Paris]: Moronval, 1825

A cookbook from France, widely available in 19th-century Quebec.

Cover of cookbook, LA CUISINIÈRE CANADIENNE… in black embossed leather Source

  

Title page of cookbook, LA CUISINIÈRE CANADIENNE... Source

  

Preface of cookbook, LA CUISINIÈRE CANADIENNE… Source

La cuisinière canadienne, contenant tout ce qu'il est nécessaire de savoir dans un ménage, pour préparer les diverses…. Montréal: L. Perrault, 1840

One of the earliest -- perhaps the earliest -- cookbook written and published in Canada; it was intended for both professionals and the general public. This marked the beginning of French-Canadian cooking as a distinct cuisine.

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