The invention of the doughnut, which evolved from the round, fried Dutch cakes brought to colonial America, is usually attributed to Hanson Crockett Gregory, a sea captain born in Rockport, Maine. In 1947, a plaque commemorating the captain's...

Doughnuts being glazed at a Krispy Kreme store in Sydney, Australia. A doughnut, or donut, is a sweet, deep-fried piece of dough or batter. The two most common types are the torus-shaped ring doughnut and the filled doughnut, a flattened sphere...

It was just another morning at the senior center: Women were sewing, men were playing pool _ and seven demonstrators, average age 76, were picketing outside, demanding doughnuts.They wore sandwich boards proclaiming, "Give Us Our Just Desserts" and "They're Carbs, Not Contraband."At issue is a...

When he first started frying up all-natural doughnuts a dozen years ago, Mark Isreal had a tough time getting consumers to bite. After all, who counts calories before grabbing a jelly-filled with their morning cup of joe?"It doesn't matter how delicious it is. Some people...

When he first started frying up all-natural doughnuts a dozen years ago, Mark Isreal had a tough time getting consumers to bite. After all, who counts calories before grabbing a jelly-filled with their morning cup of joe?"It doesn't matter how delicious it is. Some people...

It was just another morning at the senior center: Women were sewing, men were playing pool _ and seven demonstrators, average age 76, were picketing outside, demanding doughnuts.They wore sandwich boards proclaiming, "Give Us Our Just Desserts" and "They're Carbs, Not Contraband."At issue is a...