- Something sweet: the first doughnut machine was made in 1920 to meet the demand for doughnuts as a breakfast food item following WW 1. Adolph Levitt, a Jewish refugee who came to America fleeing czarist Russia, designed the machine and began selling fried doughnuts from his Harlem bakery in NYC. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-history-of-the-doughnut-150405177/ 11 comments history
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