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Article: Penfold, Steve.(The Donut: A Canadian History)(Book review)
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- Urban History Review
- Article date:
- March 22, 2009
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Penfold, Steve. The Donut: A Canadian History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008. Pp. 256. Illustrations, photographs, notes, index. ISBN: 978-0-8020-9797-2; Paper: 978-0-8020-9545-9.
This review begins with a warning: reading this book will make you hunger for a donut. And not just any donut, but those gloriously crunchy, deep fried, cinnamon-sugar coated 'old-fashioned' donuts associated with grandma's home cooking in the past and carnival donut wagons today. Not to worry; the craving recedes by Chapter 3.
In The Donut, Steve Penfold details the history of one of contemporary Canada's most cherished cultural icons. He weaves the story of the ...