Beignets are synonymous with New Orleans, and you can find them practically everywhere you look. These warm, golden brown, rectangle puffs of dough, topped with heaping shakes of powdered sugar ...

It's the expert way that these pastries are cut and fried that makes Café du Monde's beignets a legend in New Orleans. People compare beignets to doughnuts, funnel cake, and other sugar-topped ...

It’s rare to find a culture without a storied interpretation of fried dough: Israel offers stuffed sufganiyot, eaten year-round but especially during Hanukkah; in West Africa, monikers of the ...

What was the crowd like? Behold a small afternoon crowd with a single, clear objective: B.S.-free beignets. What should we be drinking? Beyond the "CBC Frostbite," a frozen, semi-sweet café au ...

Let stand for 20 minutes. In a saucepan, heat 2 inches of oil to 360°. Working in batches, fry 10 or 12 beignets at a time until browned and cooked through, 5 minutes. Drain on paper towels and ...

The iconic New Orleans beignet eatery, Cafe Du Monde, was closed Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, after a partial roof collapse. “They wanted everyone out of the building out of an abundance of caution ...