Butter Tarts in North America

Authors

  • Gary Gillman Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28063

Keywords:

Butter tarts, iconic foods, Canadian food history, baking, early 20th-century, newspapers, origins, recipe history, Scotland, British food diaspora, regionality, England, Border Tarts, United States, terminology, recipe lineage, confectionary

Abstract

This paper discusses both the Canadian and US histories pertaining to the butter tart, and also examine some pertinent UK history. ‘Iconic’ is a much-abused term, but butter tarts in Canada deserve the tribute. Newspaper and other documentary sources are consulted.

Author Biography

  • Gary Gillman, Independent Scholar

    Gary Gillman, an independent researcher and practising lawyer, lives in Toronto and blogs on the history of beer, other beverages and food at www.beeretseq.com. He also publishes on these topics in journals. Recently he brewed in collaboration with Toronto’s Amsterdam Brewery a beer based on an 1870 English recipe.

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Published

2019-06-01

Issue

PPC 114 (2019)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Butter Tarts in North America. (2019). Petits Propos Culinaires, 37-57. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28063