Benrud, whose wife’s grandfather bought the Café Du Monde in 1942, explains that the shop’s legacy helped “popularize” the beignet. The storied pastries are “the standard against which everyone else’s ...
Japan is familiar with foreign franchises. McDonald’s arrived in 1971 (PDF) and began like many chains as a high-end fad (in Ginza, nonetheless) before becoming a ubiquitous part of local culture. One ...