Hanson Gregory News Today

Discover the history of donuts, from ancient civilizations to Dutch immigrants in New York, and learn about the distinction between a 'donut' and a 'doughnut'.

ROCKPORT — Friday, June 7, was National Donut Day, and in celebration of the town’s ties to the sweet pastry, Rockport held its second annual Donut Festival.

Mochi donuts, a fusion of Japanese and American culinary traditions, are colorful, whimsical, Instagrammable and surging in popularity in the United States.

Doughnut, a small ring of sweet leavened dough that has been fried or sometimes baked. The term doughnut may also be used more broadly to refer to foods such as long johns, pączki, bear claws, crullers, and others that resemble doughnuts in form or composition—i.e., are either ring-shaped or

The story goes that Hanson Gregory didn’t love that the center of the dough ball was undercooked compared with the rest of the treat.

Did this sea captain invent the doughnut or is it a tall tale? Quincy solstice tour features doughnut holes with stop at sailor's grave

“I took the cover off the ship’s tin pepper box, and — I cut into the middle of that donut the first hole ever seen by mortal eyes!”

(CNN) — The first Friday in June — June 2 this year — is National Donut Day.Started by the Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938, the...

America's love affair with donuts traces back to the battlefields of France in World War One.

(CNN) — The first Friday in June — June 2 this year — is National Donut Day.