There’s an “official” food holiday almost every day of the year (see how to get a holiday named for your favorite food—or anything else).

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If you’ve ever made homemade doughnuts, you know that the mass-produced varieties simply can’t compare. So if you’re not intimidated by deep fat frying, celebrate by making your own. (Everybody else: You know where to find the nearest commercial jelly doughnut.)

Here’s a recipe, which includes some fun doughnut trivia (who invented the doughnut and who invented the hole, for example).

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