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In light of the positive association between home-cooked meals and healthier diets, many recent health promotion strategies have encouraged the public to cook more often at home. However, class, race/ethnicity, and gender inequalities often intersect in shaping food practices and also impact who takes on the work involved in “feeding the family”. There are reasons to believe that challenges in healthy eating may be exacerbated among immigrants. Building on the prior research conducted in this area, this article draws on in-depth qualitative interviews with 23 married immigrant men and women to explore the social relations and social practices involved in feeding the immigrant family. By adopting an intersectional life course approach, we show how gender, immigrant status, race/ethnicity and economic hardship during integration processes all intersect to shape family decision making around meal preparation and eating practices. Our findings highlight that migration is a notable turning point that may influence the division of labor within immigrant families, and how the social and policy context of the host country shapes who takes primary responsibility for food work.

Feeding the Canadian Immigrant Family: an intersectional approach to meal preparation among immigrant families in Ontario