Hanson Gregory — Pink Box The New England sailor who said he punched the first hole in a donut in 1847, at sixteen, aboard a lime-trading ship. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/person/hanson-gregory/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 28K
The all-night counter — Pink Box A shop that never closes, or opens again at midnight: bar traffic, night shifts, students, and whoever else is out. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/style/bay-area-late-counter/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 33K
Olykoek — Pink Box The Dutch fried dough ball that came to New Amsterdam, and the American donut's direct ancestor: sweetened dough fried in fat, with no hole. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/word/olykoek/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
The filler — Pink Box A hand pump or bench machine that pushes jam, custard or cream through a nozzle into the side of a fried round. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/kitchen/filling-injector/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
Vernon Rudolph — Pink Box Bought a yeast-raised recipe from a New Orleans chef and opened in Winston-Salem in 1937. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/person/vernon-rudolph/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 28K
What counts as a mom-and-pop — Pink Box This site is about independent donut shops, which means it needs a rule for what that is. The rule used here: a shop is independent when no company owns it. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/story/what-is-a-mom-and-pop/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
Pip's Original Doughnuts & Chai — Pink Box A northeast Portland shop frying small cake donuts to order and serving house chai beside them. nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/place/pips-original/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 33K