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Beignets for Breakfast Are No Breakfast At All

Beignets for Breakfast Are No Breakfast At All

Drago's oysters in New Orleans In New Orleans, crowds flock to Café du Monde for powdered-sugar coated beignets: airy rectangles of dough served fresh from the fryer alongside milky chicory coffee. Bully for them, but that’s not the kind of morning I was having, and by morning, I mean early afternoon. After a long day…

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