Description:

Have students…

A) List two main differences between the way Canadian products are labeled and the way U.S. food products are labeled.

B) List the name of a Canadian food product that you have not seen in U.S. grocery stores.

C) Browse through the cookbooks.  Find a recipe for a Canadian dish, and meal or a dessert that you have eaten at least once.  What is the name of the recipe?

Material:

  • Samples of Canadian food product packaging
  • Canadian cook books

Sources:

  • Canadian cook books: interlibrary loan
  • Food packaging – look on your store shelves for products from Canada;
  • ask travelers to Canada to bring some back

Student Worksheet