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...freshly sugared fried dough, and uses a syringe from his combat medical kit to inject it with raspberry jam. There's no better cure for a rough day out on patrol, he has learned out here in the wilds of Afghanistan's Helmand province, than a fresh jelly doughnut. "These go down well with the lads," he says. The lads, in this instance, being the medics of D-company, 2nd Battalion of Britain's Parachute Regiment, stationed here at Forward Operating Base Zeebrugge -and the few groupies who have caught on that the medical center is good for more than...
...wrecked when we get back from patrol that it does a world of good to kick back and eat a doughnut - it's almost like normal life," says Private Matt Collins, as he fries a fresh batch in an empty artillery can. The makeshift stove is fueled with wood salvaged from packing crates. Bread rolls stuffed with canned cheese and chilies are laid out on a stretcher to rise. The flour is sifted through a mosquito net. Once the doughnuts are done the bread rolls will be next; they are closed in a metal box that once held illumination rounds...
...have heard about John F. Kennedy's pronouncement at the Berlin Wall, "Ich bin ein Berliner" - which some people insisted could have been understood as, "I am a jelly doughnut...
Gordon Ramsay and April Bloomfield asked for roast beef; Jamie Oliver chose a big bowl of spaghetti chased with rice pudding; Laurent Tourondel would have a tuna sandwich with bacon, a Krispy Kreme doughnut and a Corona. Even Wylie Dufresne, famous for his exotic combinations like pickled beef tongue with fried mayonnaise, asked for scrambled eggs, a cheeseburger and a steak. "There's always a return to childhood or some country-ass thing. The word Mom comes up at least a third of the time," says Travel Channel host Anthony Bourdain, who played the last-supper game many nights when...
...find a dollar doughnut menu at Dunkin'. Rather than engage in a price war with the fast-food giants, Dunkin' is trying to close the gap between itself and Starbucks. Although it makes more money on breakfast sales overall than the Seattle-based chain, the average Dunkin' check is just $1.85, vs. $3.75 at Starbucks, notes food analyst Tom Miner of research firm Technomic. Dunkin' has positioned its breakfast sandwiches as quick quality, at the same price as Starbucks, $2.99. "I think they're in a good position against their competitors," says Miner. "Their biggest challenge is to focus...