Halifax, Nova Scotia — “Confit de Canard.” “Scallops with Butternut Squash Caponata.”

These are dishes ordinarily found in the high-end eateries for which downtown Halifax is famous but you would have found comparable fare being prepared in four spartan mobile kitchen trailers (MKTs) parked in Royal Artillery Park, literally cheek-by-jowl with Halifax’s finest food establishments during Exercise SAFFRON 2018, 5th Canadian Division’s challenging black box culinary competition.