Parks Canada Heritage Gourmet

Bring Canada's national historic sites and the best of Canadian heritage cooking into your home with the Parks Canada Heritage Gourmet food app. Embark on a culinary journey through Canada’s rich history and across Canada’s vast territory by trying out the recipes - which have been updated for modern cooks - and reading the stories in this app.

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* Choose from over 70 recipes, each with a stunning photograph of the finished dish.

* Browse recipes from the 18th century to today, representing all of Canada's regions.

* Enjoy traditional recipes that have been chef-tested and modified for today's cooks, with both imperial and metric measures.

* Search or browse by ingredient, course, menu, period or region.

* The app is self-contained - no internet connection is required after the initial download and periodic updates.
Save recipes to your personal recipe collection.

* Add ingredients to your Shopping List to bring with you to the grocery store.

* Share recipes with friends and family using email, Facebook and Twitter.

* Cook traditional favourites like Acadan Bouilli, West Coast Finnan Haddie and Newfoundland’s Jiggs Dinner.

* Enjoy national historic site tried-and-true favourites like the Fortress of Louisbourg’s French Soldier's Bread, Woodside’s Marmalade or Lower Fort Garry's famous Corn Bread

* Try out recipes like Bannock, Luski and Sourdough Flapjacks that were originally cooked over an outdoor fire.

* Cook an entire meal using one of the menus.

* Learn a story about each recipe - tell your dinner guests or family which notable Canadian enjoyed a particular dish, how a dish got its name or which 18th century cookbook a recipe first came from.

* Watch a behind-the-scenes video of the chefs and photographers at work.

* See a video of chefs creating an 18th century dessert using today's ingredients.

* Find out about the national historic site of Canada that submitted the recipe and start to plan your next culinary adventure.