Tag: beignet

  • Powdered Sugar Pillows: The History of the Beignet

    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…