Fresh from the oven…
Quoth the ever-illuminating Laughing Squid:
Reuters is reporting that savory shredded pork donuts will be introduced to Dunkin’ Donuts stores in China as part of a multi-year marketing campaign, with NBA star LeBron James as a “brand ambassador” for the campaign. CEO of Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. Nigel Travis told Reuters, “Donuts are a very flexible product. You can do savory donuts, you can do donuts with shredded pork — that’s in China…We also have a range of other savory products that we have been testing and introducing country by country.”
As we choose the savory over the sweet, we might recall that today– the Ides of March, the 15th– while best remembered for Julius Caesar’s bad luck in 44 BCE, is the date that Romans celebrated the festival of Anna Perenna, deity of the circle or “ring” of the year (as her name– c.f. per annum– suggests).
