Few things say as much about our culture as the food we eat. A new book, Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut by Paul R. Mullins, an anthropologist in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, explores the development of America’s consumer culture through our relationship with the doughnut, beloved by many, a symbol of temptation and unhealthiness to others. (from Indiana University)
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University Press of Florida (September 30, 2008)