The host learns to braid challah and samples Jewish classics at the Tallest Poppy in Winnipeg. He also eats meat-loaf muffins at Cardinal Rule Restaurant in Toronto; and spicy meatballs at JR's Restaurant in Almonte, Ont.

Italian classics made the old-fashioned way are served up at Tre Sorelle in Orillia, Ont. Also sampled: schnitzel at Bistro Dansk in Winnipeg; seafood chowder at the Water-Prince Corner Shop in Charlottetown, P.E.I.