Artisanal donuts offer sophisticated comfort  March 19, 2013
2:36:10 PM PDT We've seen the spread of decadent cupcake shops
and frozen yogurt stores, but the next sweet treat being taken
to a new level is donuts!  You'd be hard pressed to find a
person who doesn't like a donut, but we're talking about
artisanal donuts that offer sophisticated comfort.  "I wanted to
do something with donuts that had never been done before," said
Mark Israel, of Doughnut Plant.  What Mark Israel did was come
up with crazy flavors for his doughy creations.  He started
making them in 1994 with his grandfather's eggless recipe and
the Doughnut Plant has been around ever since.  "Our signature
donut is the cr?me Brule donut," Israel said.  There's vanilla
bean custard inside and torched sugar on top.  There's rose
carrot cake with cream cheese filling and peanut butter and
jelly with both homemade peanut butter and jelly. The fruit
comes from the green market.  It's an original idea that
recently has inspired a rise in the donut bu