At the National Museum of American History one day last July, an upright piano stood on a stage. Beside it, on a wooden pallet, was a strange metal contraption about five feet high. The Ring King Jr., ...

No, this isn't a joke from Seinfeld, it is a question that I was recently asked! Let me start the story by telling you a bit about myself--and why I have donut judging authority! I grew up in Skokie, ...

You probably think you know the doughnut, don't you? They're round, sweet, topped with frosting and sprinkles, and go well with a cup of coffee. But have you ever really thought about the treat? First ...

Dough fried in oil is a delicacy found worldwide, from Greek loukoumades to Moroccan sfenj to jalebi in India and Pakistan. But in North America at the start of the 1900s, fried dough balls were a ...

Tiffany Jaynes Black asked me this silly question while guiding dozens of miniature doughnuts through an automatic doughnut-making machine. The Rube Goldberg-like contraption can make up to 1,200 ...

Maria Sanchez has been coming to Edwards Apple Orchard in Popular Grove for years, mainly for a warm bag of sugary goodness. "I don't know how they do it, but their apple donuts are always hot and ...

National Donut Day has been celebrated on the first Friday in June ever since the day was set aside by The Salvation Army in 1938. It commemorates the “Doughnut Dollies,” about 250 women members of ...

There might not be a more quintessential food at the Minnesota State Fair than mini-doughnuts, and for that we can thank entrepreneur Edward M. Anderson. A man who had an inquisitive mind and loved to ...

When you count chains and independently owned stores, the US has over 13,000 doughnut shops throughout the country. Who doesn’t love a yummy pastry? Yelp has stated that Boston is the per capita ...

"There's one thing that's really great about waking up early," the comedian Kathy Griffin apparently once said, "and it's not jogging or greeting the day – it's just that that's when they make ...