National Donut Day

It's that time of year after our performance season ends and before the next one has begun (we'll be in this odd purgatory for a while). Rest assured, we are hard at work on AileyCamp Boston (final performance August 7 at the Tsai Performance Center, thank you) and getting ready for 2008-2009. It is at times like these that a performing arts staff member's heart turns to donuts . . .

I'll start with the Mass Media take - it's National Doughnut/Donut Day and here is MSN City Guide article to prove it: Great Donuts: A Baker's Dozen. Ugh, a "best of" article. These pieces are only about getting us all riled up by paying inadequate attention to our local experience, like some inane talk radio argument. What I dislike about them most is how well they work on me . . .

My personal favorite in the Boston area is Ohlin's Bakery in Belmont. They don't have a web site (they are SO old school), but here is their Yelp page (I wonder if they know they have a Yelp page). I recommend going between 6 and 8 am for a little honey-dipped slab of heaven.

In the spirit of cheap non-journalism, I invite your donut recommendations, local or otherwise.

MSN's article is redeemed by it's fanatical author, Brett Stetka, with his donut obsessed blog, The Blognut.

The origin of National Doughtnut/Donut Day can be traced back to a fund raising effort in 1938 by the Salvation Army, though you won't find a reference to it on their web site. That's too bad, because I wanted to ask them why National Doughnut/Donut falls on the first Friday in June and not during the frigid winter months when we are all covered up and can rationalize the extra fat as a bulwark against the cold is beyond me. I'm not going to press the issue, they probably have more important things to focus on.