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Donuts

John T. Edge

2006192 pagesabout 3–4 hours
2006
first published
  • 2006Thorndike Press · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9780786287741
  • 2006Putnam Adult · 192 pages · ENGISBN 9780399153587

"In Donuts, Edge walks us though the donut's inception as Dutch fare, the Salvation Army's wartime donuts, the invention of the donut machine, the 1950s donut-shop craze, the Krispy Kreme revolution, the appropriation by other ethnicities, and the fanatical chefs that take donuts to a new art form. Nothing encourages our sweet-tooth cravings like the donut. It is honest. It is satisfying. It is a national symbol that has survived the low carb-diet dogma and the death of the local donut shop, and it is making a comeback into the hearts of Americans." -- publisher website (October 2006).

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