Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'doughnuts'

Voting Could Get You Free Food

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:45:00 EDT

A corporation is offering to pay for your vote. It's not really a scandal. Krispy Kreme isn't asking how you voted. Employees just want to see your "I Voted" sticker on Election Day. Voters get a free star-shaped doughnut. Ben and Jerry's wanted to do something similar. But the company says some state laws may prohibit it. So it's giving free scoops of ice cream to everybody, regardless of whether they voted.

'Glazed America:' For The Love Of Doughnuts

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:01:00 EDT

Anthropologist Paul Mullins considers the history of the doughnut in his new book, Glazed America. Mullins uses the doughnut to trace America's consumer culture.

Coming Up: Discussing 'Glazed America'

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EDT

Have you ever been caught in a sticky situation with a doughnut? Weekend Edition invites listeners to ask questions and share their stories about doughnuts. Paul Mullins, author of the book, "Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut," will be answering these questions next week, live, on the Weekend Edition Sunday blog. Paul Mullins is an associate professor at Indiana University.

Snow Doughnuts Are the Real Thing

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:19:00 EDT

At first glance, a snow doughnut may look like a man-made creation. But Mike Stanford, who snapped a photo of one in Washington state, assures Robert Siegel that snow doughnuts are real Â� but rare Â� natural occurences.

Sweet! Krispy Kreme Goes Whole Wheat

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:00:00 EST

Krispy Kreme has a new offering: a glazed, whole-wheat doughnut. Billed as "an alternative for health-conscious consumers," it weighs in at 180 calories. Of course that's if you eat only one.

A Job's Saving Graces: Milk Duds and Doughnuts

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:00:00 EDT

Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recalls his experience as a hack sculptor in Chicago near a factory that produced candy. He tells how the job included great doughnuts and the constant smell of Milk Duds. He quit, but Pinkwater regrets not getting the name of the place where the doughnuts were bought.

Krispy Kreme Tales: A Taste of Home in London

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST

Weekend Edition essayist Diane Roberts visited England recently, where she found some of her favorite doughnuts in the unlikeliest of places: Britain's famously hoity-toity department store, Harrods. The Southern native took one bite of the sublime confection -- OK, several bites -- and felt right at home...

Sour Times for Winn-Dixie, Krispy Kreme

Sat, 25 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT

The Winn-Dixie supermarket chain, confronting bankruptcy, is laying off 22,000 workers and closing more than 300 stores. And doughnut maker Krispy Kreme fired six top executives amid sagging stock prices.

Krispy Creme Gets a New CEO

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST

Amid declining stock prices, doughnut maker Krispy Kreme ousts chief executive Steven Livengood and replaces him with turn-around specialist Steven Cooper. Cooper has been working on restructuring Enron. Krispy Kreme's stock jumped 10 percent on the news.

The Marketplace Report: Krispy Kreme's Turnaround Pro

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST

- NPR's Madeleine Brand talks with Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the ouster of Krispy Kreme's CEO after the doughnut chain's dismal year. He's being replaced with a "turnaround expert" whose last assignment was damage control at Enron.