April 2008

Well, I wasn’t going to miss an opportunity to have donuts, even if I was a couple of days late for the official Day of the Donut. Here are the tasty fried pastries I brought home. Since they don’t have holes, they may not be “real” donuts, but they were covered in icing and rainbow sprinkles, and they were delicious!

I’m sad to say I missed a major sugar event. April 16 (yesterday) was Day of the Donut, observed by flickr members around the world. Donut/doughnut shop meet-ups were held in cities across the globe, from Washington DC to Paris to Bahrain. Members gathered at their local bakeries, or celebrated alone with their favorite glazed, sprinkled, and frosted dough circles, in a show of international fellowship. When you think about it, the donut is a perfect symbol of friendship. It’s round and sweet, like a delicious hug!

Thank you to sugarfreak for sharing this photo under a Creative Commons license!

San Francisco members of the We Demand Donuts flickr group were especially lucky, because each of them received a free donut from flickr management-type guy, Matthew Rothenberg. Rothenberg even posted photos of the receipts for the 12 dozen donuts he bought for the group. The group had been hoping to make it to 20,000 members before the big day, in order to get their free donuts, but Rothenberg rewarded their efforts even though they fell short of their goal.

Donuts, making friends out of strangers. To quote Homer Simpson, “Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?”

If you’ve never tried coconut sticky rice with fresh, ripe mango, you have been missing out on a real treat. I am a die-hard chocoholic, but this is one non-chocolate dessert that is just as tempting and delicious as a death-by-chocolate layer cake with hot fudge sauce and shaved chocolate curls. Seriously, if I had a choice between the two, I would have a really hard time making a decision. (Guess I’d have to take both! ha ha)

There is just something so perfect about the sweet, soft mango (champagne mango is my favorite), the delicate, slightly chewy rice, and the smooth, fragrant, coconut milk sauce (with just a hint of saltiness). It’s heavenly.

Thanks to chocolate monster mel, from the Philippines, for sharing her photo under the Creative Commons license!