Before the month gets away from me without a post, I had to write about another cronut find. Just when I thought I had seen the last of any new cronut sightings popping up, I received an email about a few seen at San Diego's Finest Donuts. They are only available on Friday after 9... Continue Reading →
Remember about a year ago the Cronut arrived on the scene and what followed was a slew of Dominique Ansel copycat creations? Well look what's he's "created" this year for SXSW- cookie shots. Ahem. For the regular readers of my blog that go back two years, does it even seem the slight bit familiar to something... Continue Reading →
Seasonal shaped donuts don't mean great tasting donuts. At least that's what I learned when I tried Krispy Kreme's Halloween offerings and now Heavenly Donuts falls into that same unfortunate category. Heavenly Donuts is located in the Del Cerro neighborhood in an unassuming shopping center. It's easy to miss but I visited here specifically to... Continue Reading →
With the introduction of fall, pumpkin and Halloween goodies are popping up every where and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is no different. Plastered all over their windows are their seasonal goods, advertising pumpkin spice lattes and cleverly named Krispy Skremes for their sprinkle, pumpkin and spider web-decorated doughnuts. But these are only a few of the doughnuts they're... Continue Reading →
Donut Friend opened up last week in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles. The shop is owned Mark Trombino who, according to Wikipedia, is a music producer for bands like blink-182 and Jimmy Eat World. This caught my interest right away. Plus, his donut shop specializes in customized donuts. Customizing donuts? I'm in. I... Continue Reading →
The universe must be telling me something because right after I tried Azucar's Cray-nut, I saw Paris Baguette's Zion location advertising their own version, simply called Croissant Donut. In fact there's no mention of the word "cronut," only that it's a pastry hybrid in New York City. I asked about it at the counter and... Continue Reading →
With the hype surrounding Dominique Ansel's cronut in New York City, there had to be some imitators. And sure enough, they soon appeared. San Diego has its own version and it's from Azucar. Since the cronut name is trademarked, it can't legally be used. So names like doissant, zonut, cro-nots and host of others are... Continue Reading →
Happy National Donut Day! I had originally intended not to post about today but decided at the last moment to acknowledge it with some of my favorite donut memories. Or doughnuts if you insist. Mental Floss did a roundup of 17 Extreme Donuts That Look Like They'll Kill You and my donut shooters from last... Continue Reading →
One thing I appreciate about Sidecar Doughnuts & Coffee is the AP Style spelling of 'doughnuts' instead of the more common 'donuts.' It immediately concocts sophistication and extra effort in both spelling out the extra letters and it especially rings true when it comes to the actual donut itself. But that's only one of many... Continue Reading →
If you haven't already guessed it, I'm a donut fiend. A trip to a new city isn't complete until I check out their donut scene. While Portland, Austin, Beverly Hills (the now defunct but fabulous Fritelli's) and San Francisco all have amazing artisinal donuts, I've been longing for San Diego to have a donut scene of... Continue Reading →
My Burning Kitchen 