Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut - Paul R. Mullins - Google Books

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This title looks into doughnut production, marketing, and consumption. It confronts head-on the question of why we often paint doughnuts in moral terms, and shows how the seemingly simple food reveals deep and complex social conflicts over body image and…