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George W. Peck’s 1900 Story, “Peck’s Bad Boy and His Pa”, Officially Marked The Very First Recorded Literary Use Of The Word “Donut.”

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June 5, 2026 · 5:07 AM

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17% Of All US Restaurants Are Pizzerias

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17% Of All US Restaurants Are Pizzerias

Each year on the first Friday in June, people participate in National Doughnut or Donut Day, celebrating the doughnut and honoring the Salvation Army Lassies. The Salvation Army Lassies are the women who served doughnuts to soldiers during WWI. 1485 – An early English cookbook, “The Boke of Cokery,” includes recipes for sweet, deep‑fried doughs that resemble later doughnuts and other fritters 1803 – The first cookbook to mention donuts was an 1803 English cookbook with an appendix of American re