Many restaurants now make beignets with doughnut-like yeast batter. Traditionally, beignets are made from a pâte à choux, which puffs and makes them light as air. This recipe works for crullers or ...

Close up of a plate of beignets - Bhofack2/Getty Images A brassy, boisterous New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration is full of plenty of live music, parades, and parties, and the food is an integral part ...

Alex Guarnaschelli is an Iron Chef, Food Network celebrity chef, author of Old-School Comfort Food and the executive chef at New York City’s Butter restaurants. Read her PEOPLE.com blog every Tuesday ...

Start by combining 1 1/2 cups of buttermilk with 1/2 a cup of boiling milk to which we are going to add 4 tsp of dry yeast and 2 1/2 Tbsp of sugar. Stir to combine and set aside for 10 minutes. In a ...

Deep-frying is the bacon of cooking techniques: It makes everything taste better. Do it with beignets, though, and you get the irresistible results in a more lyrical package. The word is almost as ...

Today, we are excited to share our recipe for our homemade beignets recipe. If you’ve ever walked through the French Quarter of New Orleans, you’ve probably caught the irresistible aroma of hot ...

Q. I’m looking for a recipe to make Cuban-style beans in the crockpot. Can you help? A. Here’s a recipe from “Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Recipes for Entertaining” by Beth Hensperger and Julie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Orleans, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways: 1) Beignets 2) Jazz Fest 3) Beignets 4) Jackson Square 5) Did we mention ...

“Anyone have a screwdriver? I need a Phillips head. Oh, and put the crab in the freezer.” There’s a happy chaos as Nguyen inflates one of the costumes, a tauntaun snow lizard from the movie “The ...

8 cups, tightly packed greens, including mustard, kale, and chard, stems removed 1 cup thinly sliced white onion 1 tbsp. butter 1 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil ½ tsp. kosher salt, plus more as needed 2 ...