
Chief among the things that even the most practiced home cooks get skittish about: projects involving yeast and projects involving frying. This is unfortunate, because those are your two primary paths to donuts. Hot, fresh, donuts. The kind that make your family go bonkers. And Hanukkah offers the perfect incentive.
"Hebrew for donuts, sufganiyot are without question the most popular Hanukkah food in Israel," chef and "Family Dinner" host Andrew Zimmern tells Salon.