by Tara Kimura, CBCnews.ca

Ever wonder when pizza became a mainstream dish in Canada? Or ponder who invented the lobster supper? The answers can be found clicking through CBC's robust Digital Archive site, which features archived radio and television reports.

There, a reader will uncover an ode to poutine, the debate over genetically modified food, a showcase of Canadian food and a feature on the country's growing wine industry.

The site, which recently underwent a redesign, was honoured this month with an EPpy award, presented by Editor and Publish and Mediaweek for the best use of video in a website.

The CBC Archives site launched in 2002 and features the best CBC Television and CBC Radio reporting over the decades. (CBC)

For five years I had the great pleasure of working on the site as a writer, seeking out old treasured clips with the talented archivists. Some of my favourite food-related reports, collected and compiled by a team of researchers, include the following:

• Father Denis Gallant, of P.E.I, claiming to be the mastermind behind the lobster supper in 1988.
  
• Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise, spouting off about "plumb tasteless" Canadian fare in 1957.
  
• Homemaker Mrs. Brady, also in 1957, demonstrating how to make a delicious new dish gaining popularity in the U.S. called the pizza pie.
  
• A 1947 radio report on school children protesting a three-cent candy bar price hike.
  
• A 1950 report on fondu etiquette and the "art of dunking".
  
• A feature on the growth of the donut empire Tim Hortons.
  

A homemaker featured in the CBC Archives website chats about a new meal called the pizza pie. (CBC)

Dig a little deeper into the site and you'll find author Mordecai Richler talking about bad Canadian wines as they relate to NAFTA.

And in contrast to today's buy local movement, a 1947 radio report discusses the wonders of feasting on avocados flown in from Jamaica, cheese from France and steak from Texas.

Take a peek at the site and tell us about your favourite food reports on the site.