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Category: New Orleans Food
A Treat for Kings: The King Cake Story
Bakery Basics The New Orleans king cake is a cinnamon and sugar spiced dough that is molded into a large circle and decorated with icing and sprinkles in the Mardi Gras colors of purple, green, and gold. The king cake dough, however, varies greatly in bakeries across the Big Easy; while some lean towards a…
Powdered Sugar Pillows: The History of the Beignet
We New Orleanians are often asked, what’s all this beignet business? We send visitors home with carefully packaged beignet mix souvenirs, direct tourists towards Cafe du Monde for the perfect late night French Quarter eat, and take photographs of those bright smiles adorned with powdered sugar mustaches. But for people who don’t live in the…
Let Them Heat Cake: History of Doberge Cake
The Story of Doberge Cake Summer in New Orleans is hot. A simple, but nonetheless true statement. With temperatures over 90˚ and humidity that makes breathing feel like swimming, it’s hard to imagine doing anything but lounging beneath a blasting air conditioning vent and throwing back icy daiquiris. New Orleans culture, however, bows to no…