New Orleans is a culinary mecca. Louisiana’s most populous city is a monument to excess in many ways, but the path it carves on the road to gluttony is both unique and epic. There are several foods whose very mention conjures up images of the Crescent City, including po-boys, gumbo, etouffee jambalaya and king cake.
We don’t know where newly signed New Orleans Saints running back Jamaal Williams stands on those other local staples, but we know how he feels about beignets. 2022’s rushing touchdown leader had the chance to try the city’s gloriously fluffed pillows of fried dough dusted with powdered sugar.
