Dorothy Duncan began her career as an elementary school teacher, and it was as a teacher-guide and curator at Black Creek Pioneer Village that her love of history and her passion for food led her into the world of culinary history.
Dorothy Duncan‘s experience in the heritage field includes Executive Director of The Ontario Historical Society and Museums Advisor for the Province of Ontario, as well as being the author of books on Canada's culinary heritage. Her other accomplishments include the restoration of heritage homes including Mackenzie House in Toronto and Macdonald House in Winnipeg.
She has lectured internationally on Canada's heritage foods and customs, including at the Culinary Institute of America and at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery in England. She was the Toronto Women's Culinary Network's Woman of the Year, and in 2006 she was chosen by the Ontario Hostelry Institute to receive the Gold Award for Media and Publishing. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Museums Association, the Association for the Study of Food and Society, and a member of Cuisine Canada.