>> THIS IS "CHRONICLE."
ANTHONY: THE BEST.
THE BIGGEST.
THE FAVORITES.
PINK CHOCOLATE CHIP AND
CHOCOLATE PRETZEL.
>> IT TASTED LIKE THE DOUGHNUT
WAS COVERED IN DUCK SAUCE.
ANTHON WE ARE PLEDGING
ALLEGIANCE TO AMERICA'S GUILTY
PLEASURE, DOUGHNUTS.
BEWARE THE BAKER'S FATAL
ATTRACTION.
>> PEOPLE JUST DETECT THE SMELL
ON ME AND THEY JUST GET EXCITED.
>> IT'S ALL PART OF THE
EXPERIENCE.
>> I JUST GO PAST TO DUNKIN'
DONUTS STORES TO COME HERE
BECAUSE I LOVE YOUR DONUT SO
MUCH.
ANTHON DOUGHNUTS, NEXT, ON
"CHRONICLE."
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ANTHON TONIGHT, CHOLESTEROL BE
DAMMED, WE'RE JUMPING INTO
DOUGHNUTS.
ANOTHER INDULGE IN -- INDULGE
MORE REVERED THAN THE DOUGHNUT,
YES APPEAR BIT OF ESSENTIAL FOOD
GROUPS AND KEEPS BOSTON HUMMING
YOUR ROUND.
>> WOULD ANY CONSTRUCTION GET
DONE IF THERE WERE NOT FOR GUYS
WITH DOUGHNUT STANDING AROUND?
ANTHONY: CRIMES GET SOFT.
>> OF COURSE, -- CRIMES GET
SOLVED.
TONY FURTHER MAKES THE CASE THAT
DOUGHNUTS UNITE US CULTURALLY IN
WAYS WE MAY NOT EVEN FULLY
APPRECIATE.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING MORE HUMBLE
OR SIMPLE THAN A PLANE DOUGHNUT?
IF YOU TOOK THIS OFF THE TABLE
AND WE WERE JUST SITTING HERE
WI COFFEE, IT WOULD LOOK LIKE
TWO GUYS HAVING A CUP OF COFFEE.
NOW, IT'S LIKE A PARTY.
ANTHON NO ONE UNDERSTANDS THE
SANCTITY OF DOUGHNUTS MORE THAN
THE GOOD FOLKS AT KING'S IN
SAUGUS.
SINCE 1955, THEY'VE BEEN
HANDCRAFTING DOUGHNUTS SO WELL
THAT BON APPETIT MAGAZINE ONCE
LAUDED THEM AS ONE OF AMERICA'S
TOP 10.
>> THE MAIN DOUGHNUT THAT IS
PROBABLY NEVER COMING OFF THE
MENU IS OUR HONEY DIPPED
DOUGHNUT RIGHT THERE.
WE WILL NEVER TAKE THAT OFF THE
MENU.
THAT IS OUR DADS RECIPE.
IT IS THE REAL DEAL.
I WOULD PUT ANYONE ELSE' GLAZED
DOUGHNUT AGAINST OUR HONEY
DIPPED DOUGHNUT AND I WILL KNOCK
YOU RIGHT OUT OF THE PARK EVERY
TIME.
ANTHON MARIA IS THE JEWEL YOU
CHILD OF FRIED DOUGH.
SHE GREW UP WATCHING HER DAD
LABOR OVER DOUGHNUTS LIKE A
FRENCH PASTRY CHEF.
WHEN SHE ASKED HIM WHY HE WORKS
SO HARD AND GOT UP SO EARLY, HE
SAID BECAUSE DOUGHNUTS ARE LOVE,
A SLOGAN THAT REMAINS KING'S
WORDS TO LIVE BY TO THIS DAY.
>> WE REALLY HAVEN'T CHANGED
ANYTHING.
WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THE WAY
DAD TAUGHT US.
WE HAND CUT OUR DOUGHNUTS.
EVEN OUR BOXES ARE MILLED
LOCALLY.
EVERYTHING IS LOCAL.
ANTHON THE PROCESS MAY NOT
HAVE CHANGED, BUT TODAY THE
ROSTER OF ROTATING DONUTS
DELIVERS DECADENCE IN INFINITE
VARIETIES FROM COOKIES AND CREAM
TO CREME BRULEE.
I CHRISTMAS, YOU WON'T BELIEVE
HOW MANY PEOPLE GIVE THEM AS
PRESENCE.
AS DOUGHNUTS SHRINK AT SOME
COFFEE SHOPS, HERE THEY REMAINED
HEFTY AND FRESH, MADE ALL DAY.
>> OUR DOUGHNUTS WAY SIX POUNDS
PER DOZEN.
THAT'S A LOT OF DOUGHNUTS.
ANTHONY: FOR THE BAT -- PAST FEW
YEARS THEY BEEN INUNDATED WITH
REQUESTS TO MAKE BOOZY
DOUGHNUTS.
TODAY SHE'S CONCOCTING A
DOUGHNUT INFUSED WITH PRIVATEER
RUM.
>> WE USE REAL EGGNOG FROM A
LOCAL FARM.
FRESH EGGS.
IS REALLY TENACIOUS -- REALLY
DELICIOUS, FRESH GROUND NUTMEG.
I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, THAT IS A
GREAT DOUGHNUT.
ANTHONY: IT HELPS THAT THEY HAVE
MORE THAN 25,000 FACEBOOK
FOLLOWERS AND A CAST OF DAILY
REGULARS THAT THE STAFF KNOW BY
NAME AS WELL AS THEIR GO TO
DOUGHNUT.
X WE'VE HAD CUSTOMERS RIGHT OUT
OF LOGAN AND COME HERE FROM HER
ZEAL, FROM ALASKA.
THEY COME FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY, CALIFORNIA.
WE ARE VERY LUCKY.
IT'S NICE FEELING TO KNOW THAT
THEY GET TO EXPERIENCE OUR
DOUGHNUT AND THEY ENJOY IT.
ANTHON OCCASIONALLY A CUSTOMER
DEVIATES A LITTLE FROM ORDERING
IT DOUGHNUT, BUT LET'S REASSURE
YOU, THE PAUL BUNYAN CINNAMON
LI FROSTED COFFEE ROLE WILL
STILL DELIVER THE SAME GLORIOUS
RUSH.
>> HE BELIEVED IN HAVING A PIECE
OF PASTRY THAT PEOPLE COULD
SHARE AND SIT DOWN TOGETHER AND
COMMUNICATE WITH.
I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE
HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE SIT DOWN
AND EAT THE WHOLE THING BY
THEMSELVES.
THEY HAVE SHOCKED ME, BUT THEY
HAVE DONE IT.
ANTHONY: THE SECRET, BRIOCHE
DOUGH.