A server at New Orleans' legendary Cafe Du Monde carries a tray of coffee and fresh beignets. Visit New Orleans It’s rare to ...

There are at least two different kinds of Beignets, those with yeast that need to rise overnight (like those served at the ...

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 ...

A husband-wife duo serves beignets of assorted flavors and Southern favorites like gumbo, etouffee and jambalaya.

But in New Orleans — birthplace of so many of our most treasured American heritage flavors and foods—there is the beignet. “The thing about beignets is, they’re basically doughnuts,” Ian McNulty, food ...