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Celebrate National Donut Day at Dunkin' Donuts

Susannah Chen — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:36:17 PDT

Need an excuse to kick off your Friday with a sweet indulgence? Now you've got one. It happens to be National Donut Day, and to celebrate, Dunkin' Donuts is giving away a free doughnut of your choice with the purchase of a drink (excluding bottled cooler beverages).

Interesting fact: National Donut Day, which customarily takes place the first Friday of June, was established in 1938 by the Chicago Salvation Army as a way to honor women who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I.

Although Northern California isn't lucky enough to be home to a DD location just yet, no doubt a healthy chunk of the chain's 5.3 million daily customers will be walking away with the likes of free Bavarian Kreme and Chocolate Frosted Cake doughnuts. Will you be one of them?

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Yummy Links: From Tequila to Coconut Milk

YumSugar — Thu, 05 May 2011 10:27:46 PDT

The history of tequila. - Salon
Speaking of tequila, is the margarita ready to reclaim its cool status? - Grub Street NY
Five things you don't know about Daniel Boulud, Dan Barber, and Wolfgang Puck. - The Feast
Dunkin' Donuts is going public. - Huffington Post Food
Must make: roasted jalapeño tomato salsa baked goat cheese. - Chaos in the Kitchen
If you love tea, here's an app for you. - Daily Dish
Watch a preview of PBS' new show Kimchi Chronicles. - Eater
Learn what foods Giada de Laurentiis makes for her daughter. - Today
What exactly is coconut milk? - Baking Bites

Starbucks vs. Dunkin': A New Breakfast Sandwich Taste Test

YumSugar — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:50:33 PST

The fast food breakfast war was one of our biggest headlines of 2010, but it looks like the battle of the breakfast sandwich isn't over yet! Our friends at Slashfood decided to put Starbucks' and Dunkin' Donuts offerings to the test. The coffee chain and donut shop aren't known for their egg sandwiches, but that didn't stop the Slashfood team from digging into Starbucks's veggie artisan sandwich and Dunkin's wake-up wrap. To find out how they tasted, head over to Slashfood now!

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Do You Know Your Thanksgiving Stats?

YumSugar — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:00:46 PST

Happy Thanksgiving, and welcome to the most ambitious food day of the year! Now that you've done all the planning and cooking, you can relax and enjoy yourself.

Why not begin by soaking up some turkey-related statistics? Dunkin Donuts recently commissioned a survey about how Americans will spend this Nov. 25. Can you guess what the most popular answers were? Take our quiz to find out!

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Burger King Partners With Seattle's Best Coffee

YumSugar — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:04:14 PST

Looks like Burger King wants its own piece of the coffee and breakfast pie. The number two fast food chain has become the latest restaurant to enter the on-the-go breakfast market. In an announcement yesterday, Burger King said it plans to offer Starbucks-owned Seattle's Best Coffee in 7,250 of its US restaurants by September.

In addition to hot coffee drinks, the new rollout, which begins this Summer, will also include iced drinks with the option of vanilla or mocha flavor and whipped topping. Pricing for the drinks will be up to the discretion of franchise owners, but suggested prices range from $1 to $2.79. The coffee beverages will be sold all day.Burger King is ditching its BK Joe coffee brand once the Seattle's Best Coffee takes over. In addition to the new drink offerings, "You should expect to see new and improved products from Burger King at breakfast," said marketing vice president John Schaufelberger.

One thing's for sure: McDonald's McCafés, Dunkin' Donuts, Subway, and even Seattle's Best parent company Starbucks will soon face stiff competition. Would you be apt to buy Seattle's Best joe from Burger King?

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Is McDonald's Launching a Dollar Breakfast Menu?

YumSugar — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:00:56 PST

In this economy, even the savviest of fast food diners have a hard time stretching their dollar. But if the rumors are true, value-seekers may soon find it a lot easier to fill up for a buck early in the day. According to the Chicago Tribune and the Wall Street Journal, McDonald's plans to reveal a nationwide breakfast dollar menu.

Based on internal documents obtained by the two publications, the McDonald's breakfast dollar menu will begin a national advertising run in January 2010. Although McDonald's has declined to comment, the burger giant tested a breakfast menu with $1 items in August in its Chicago stores, offering items such as a sausage McMuffin, breakfast burritos, and hash browns.

The chain, which is also rolling out the Mac Snack Wrap nationwide in January, will face some stiff competition.

Burger King recently added the quarter-pound Double Cheeseburger to its menu through March, and Dunkin' Donuts just rolled out a temporary $0.99 menu in Chicago. If two leading newspapers are publishing stories on it, the alleged menu can't be too far from the truth. What would you hope to see on a $1 breakfast bonanza?

Dunkin' Drinks Join Beef, Cookie Dough Ranks in Food Recall

YumSugar — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:00:52 PDT

Yesterday, Dunkin' Donuts temporarily pulled its Dunkaccino and hot chocolate drinks off store menus after discovering that one of its suppliers' facilities may have been contaminated with salmonella. The doughnut chain's supplier, Plainview Milk Products Cooperative, voluntarily recalled several of its products, although no illnesses have been traced back to the contamination. Dunkin' Donuts is confident the drinks will be back in stores soon, but yesterday's recall is simply one more to add to a rapidly growing list of food contamination concerns. At the end of last month, Nestlé pulled 30,000 cases of Toll House refrigerated cookie dough after dozens of illnesses were traced to the product, which contained harmful traces of E. coli bacteria. Then over 380,000 pounds of beef were recalled across the country because the meat was also tainted with toxic E. coli. More than 12 people have been hospitalized as a result.

Food contamination appears to be a concern for Americans now more than ever. In March, following recalls of spinach, jalapeños, milk, and peanut butter, President Obama addressed food-safety issues and reassured Americans that he would aid the FDA in strengthening the country's food-safety system. Yet the situation only seems to be getting worse. Are you as frustrated with the FDA's lack of diligence as I am?

Yummy Links: From Tanya Steel to Olympic Diets

partysugar — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:45:02 PDT

With her new book, Tanya Steel shows adults how to feed kids without being deceptive. - The Epi-Log
What is your most-stained cookbook? - Serious Eats
A delicious combination: tomatoes and vodka. - GlamDish
Before you pack that Spanish ham leg in your suitcase, learn what food and drink can legally be brought into the United States. - The Kitchn
Go behind the scenes of the 19th Annual Pennsylvania Dutch Festival. - Slashfood
A day in the life of a top mixologist.- 7 x 7
Dunkin Donuts debuts a healthier menu. - FitSugar
Everything you need to know about ramekins. - Baking Bites
How to clean a soft-shell crab. - Chow
Eat like an Olympian. - Food and Wine

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A Healthier Dunkin' Donuts Near You

FitSugar — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:30:00 PDT

People have been demanding healthier fare at restaurants these days and an unlikely hero has stepped up to the plate.

Dunkin' Donuts has added an entire new section to their menu called DDSmart. The new, healthier fare is supposed to have 25 percent fewer calories and less sugar, fat, and sodium compared to other products not on the DDSmart menu. And it should also contain ingredients that are nutritionally beneficial -a big departure from their traditional menu items . . . donuts.

From flatbread sandwiches to lite beverages (including coffees and smoothies), I'm pleased to see DDSmart added to the menu and would like to give it a try. What do you think? Will you be testing it out or should Dunkin' Donuts stick to making the donuts?

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Sugar Bits - Harvey Korman Passes Away

PopSugar — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:00:52 PDT

Comedian Harvey Korman died yesterday at the age of 81 at UCLA Medical Center following complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago. - AP
Dunkin Donuts pulled a commercial featuring Rachael Ray because the scarf she is wearing resembles a keffiyeh, a traditional Arab headdress that some think could be construed as a terrorist symbol. - YumSugar
Steven Tyler released a statement saying he went to rehab to recover from foot surgery resulting from injuries related to his moves on stage. - TMZ
In addition to breaking a record by having 11 of his songs debut on the Billboard Hot 100, David Cook had 942,000 digital downloads of his songs in one week. - AP
Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller's wedding is tonight, and rumor has it the couple might be expecting a baby. - Rush & Molloy
Bill Cosby is auctioning off sweaters he wore on The Cosby Show for charity with proceeds benefiting the Hello Friend/Ennis William Cosby Foundation, named after his late son. - AP

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