Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst: Everyday Life in Upper Canada, 1812-1814 - Paperback

by Dorothy Duncan (Author)

This book explores the web of human relationships that developed in Upper Canada following the American Revolution in the years leading up to the War of 1812 and during the conflict that raged for two years between the young United States and Britain, its former master.

Author Biography

Dorothy Duncan has worked with organizations around the world to ensure that Canada's culinary history is recognized, researched, and recorded. Nothing More Comforting: Canada's Heritage Food was published in 2003 and was followed by Feasting and Fasting: Canada's Heritage Celebrations. Canadians at Table: Food, Fellowship, and Folklore, a Culinary History of Canada won the Cuisine Canada and University of Guelph Culinary Book Gold Award. Dorothy lives in Orillia, Ontario.