There is great debate about the origin of the donut many claims of origination that seem as spurious as they are entertaining.⁠ ⁠ Still, it is certain that sweet, rich fried doughs—with or without holes—have no one point of origin in American or world cultural history. Convergent evolution has yielded a panoply of variations on the delicious theme of deep-fired and sugar-coated dough, and I couldn’t be happier about it.⁠ ⁠ Link in bio.