Raised and Glazed: Don’t Doubt the Doughnut

Doughnuts are ubiquitous in the United States: whether you're at
party, a coffee shop, or the break room at work, you’re likely to
find a box of iced rings covered with sprinkles. But some kind of
deep-fried dough blob is a treat found in cultures around the
world—so why have doughnuts become uniquely American? And what’s
with the name, when there’s rarely a nut found in this dough? This
episode, we're taking a roll around the story of these sweet
circles, from their debut in Dutch New Amsterdam to the momentous
origins of the doughnut hole. Listen in now, as we meet the
Salvation Army volunteers who cemented the doughnut's popularity on
the battlefields of both world wars, the Massachusetts
middle-school dropout who created a doughnut empire, and the
Cambodian-American Donut King of California. Learn more about your
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