Posted on 19/01/08
From teatime to Timbits
THE DONUTA Canadian HistoryBy Steve PenfoldUniversity of Toronto Press,256 pages, $24.95It's so much more than just fried dough. The history of Canada's favourite snack tells our story more relevantly and succinctly than any high school textbook I've ever seen. The Donut traces the origin of the deep-fried American confection from its Canadian debut to the present day. In so doing, Steve Penfold, an assistant professor of history at York University, examines postwar Canadian identity for what it really is: a complex blend of diverse communities and class struggle in which it's hard to fix on any single object to represent national solidarity (if there is such a thing).
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