Your Doughnut Box Is Pink Thanks to Cambodian Refugees
Around 80% of doughnut shops in southern California are owned by Cambodian refugee families, and that's largely because of 'Donut King' Ted Ngoy.
Source: insider.com
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Around 80% of doughnut shops in southern California are owned by Cambodian refugee families, and that's largely because of 'Donut King' Ted Ngoy.
Everyone in Los Angeles knows what comes in a pink box: doughnuts. But the story behind those boxes is seldom told.
The history of doughnuts is difficult to trace. Did doughnut history begin the first time a sweet dough was fried in oil? Does it start when the first hole was punched into a yeasted dough before frying? And what do oil balls have to do with it?
L.A. history: Why are so many doughnut boxes pink?