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Mark Garrison Receives Stern Rebuke From Five-Year-Old

Daria Batzner is the newest President of The Sporkful Junior Eater's Society, thanks to the artistic riposte seen here. She took issue with Mark's anti-sprinkle stance in our Donuts show. For her efforts, Daria will receive a signed certificate proclaiming her a President of the SJES. Your child can do the same, just send us

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Here's an outtake that just missed the cut on our Donuts Pt. 2 Episode. Dan ponders the wisdom of using donuts as burger buns, while Mark recalls the heaping boldness of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HffOj--p9bU

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Our previous donut episode dealt with shape, composition and dunking, but that's just the beginning. This time we'll talk flavors, fillings, Dunkin' Donuts v. Krispy Kreme. Plus we got a lot of great comments from you that we discuss. Speaking of comments, don't be shy on reacting here and sharing your donut insight. Btw, complete team donut coverage is collected

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Sam in Oklahoma says the recent donut episode highlighted an ongoing quarrel in his family. He also says we didn't make a rigorous enough case for the yeast donut: The donut episode (which is presently in my top two) began a rather interesting argument between myself and my brother (who happens to be the guy you quoted

Doughnut Correction Needed?

In Donuts Pt. 1, I expressed the belief that the term "doughnut" derives from the fact that a doughnut is shaped like a round nut (as in nuts and bolts) made of dough. Then we got this email from Charles: I think you're a bit misinformed about the origin of the name "doughnut." It is named that because when they were

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We didn't quite have room for this in our first donuts episode, but Dan's thoughts on dunking vessel size are worth your time. /mark