From tajine to poutine
This paper explores eating habits and representations along with the process of their transformation among migrant populations from the Maghreb living in Montreal. We interviewed children from the third level of primary school and teenagers from the first level of secondary school along with a few of their parents. This study continues the line of research developed by Pierre Sercia (2007, 2004), which focused on the social integration of immigrant students. The transformation process is defined as one of creolization in a multicultural alimentary social space and is characterized by the presence of integration, fusion and differentiation processes.