Doughnuts! Who doesn’t love a good doughnut? Mainers sure do, and Maine has a long history and tradition of doughnut-making. We’ll discuss that history and learn why doughnut shops are going strong across the state.
Guests
Sandy Oliver, freelance food writer with a weekly column in the Bangor Daily News, pioneering food historian
Nancy Harmon Jenkins, cookbook author, food historian, speaker
Alexis Iammarino, interdisciplinary artist and educator based in Rockland who curated an exhibit about the history of the doughnut
Leigh Kellis (by phone), owner and founder of The Holy Donut
Resources
- (Alleged) Birthplace of the Inventor of the Doughnut Hole
- The History of the Doughnut
- ‘Donut Dollies’ Deserve Our Thanks
- "Hole History Show: Origins of the American-Style Donut"
- 18 Delectable Doughnut Shops in Maine
- Potato Doughnuts: The first American doughnut chain used spuds
- Polish father-son team bring old-fashioned doughnuts to Maine
- Thai-inspired fried chicken, gourmet doughnuts merge in new Waterville restaurant
- Maine family behind landmark doughnut shop builds up food truck empire