MONTRÉAL.-The McCord and McGill University’s Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC) are pleased to host a colloquium November 2-4, 2005, entitled “What's for Dinner? The Daily Meal Through History.” The daily meal was the site of continuity and dramatic change in the twentieth century. This interdisciplinary conference will bring together scholars in history, art history, literature, sociology, nutrition, film studies and material culture to discuss aspects of culinary history as reflected in the daily meal.

Opening night event: a round table discussion on the "Montreal table" featuring Barry Lazar, author of Taste of Montreal: Tracking Down the Foods of the World; François M. Pouliot, owner-operator, La Face Caché de la Pomme; Max Dubois, owner-operator, L'Échoppe des fromages; and Master Brewer Ellen Bounsall, McAuslan Breweries. NB: Some presentations will be given in French. Event Co-chairs: Nathalie Cooke, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and Victoria Dickenson, McCord Museum of Canadian History.

Speakers and participants include: Gary Draper, St Jerome's University; Elizabeth Driver, Montgomery’s Inn Museum, Toronto; Margery Fee, University of British Columbia; Ross Fox, Royal Ontario Museum; Sneja Gunew, University of British Columbia; Barbara Haber, Harvard University; Sherrie A. Inness, Miami University
Tom Jaine, Prospect Books; Rhona Richman Kenneally, Concordia University; Yves Laberge, Université Laval; Jean-Piere Lemasson, UQÀM; Marie Marquis, Université de Montréal; Micheline Mongrain-Dontigny, cookbook author and lecturer; Sarah Musgrave, food writer; Barbara Katz Rothman, City University of New York; and Andrew Smith, New School University.