Hot Pots & Parking Lots: Immigrant Food Businesses in Agincourt | Digital Museums Canada
A colored photograph of a two story red brick building featuring arched windows, storefronts, and a large hand painted mural on half the building featuring a farmer's market.

Hot Pots & Parking Lots: Immigrant Food Businesses in Agincourt

Toronto Ward Museum 2024
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Food fulfills a human need for emotional and social connection, bonding families, neighbourhoods and cities. Hot Pots & Parking Lots: Immigrant Food Businesses in Agincourt examines the relationships between food, migration and settlement through historical research and oral histories from the owners of small, food-related businesses. Agincourt’s story is told through the changing character of food traditions, businesses, and cultures in the area.