King cake is so named for the story of the three kings in the Bible, who brought gifts to the baby Jesus. Classic versions of the dessert start with a batter that's halfway between that of a coffee ...

When you think of Mardi Gras, you probably think of New Orleans parades, Bourbon Street, and revelers tossing strands of colorful beads into the air. You may see fun New Orleans-inspired recipes all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the parade-watching, bead-catching, mask-wearing festivities in Louisiana this season, you may want to sneak away a treat or ...

NPR's Debbie Elliot speaks with Ian McNulty, a food culture writer for nola.com about Mardi Gras cakes and the first Mardi Gras king cake bracket. Time to get into the Mardi Gras spirit in this final ...

This is a short Carnival season, which means it’s a short king cake season, too. We’re already roughly a quarter of the way to Mardi Gras day, when king cake falls back out of culturally sanctioned ...

For those who celebrate the Epiphany — the celebration of the Twelfth Night after Christmas — on Jan. 6, you may look forward to putting your shoes outside your door for gifts, watching annual parades ...

Elsewhere around our country, sensible people are putting away holiday décor and perhaps battening down for a long, productive winter. Not here. Carnival begins Jan. 6 with parades and parties, and of ...

Between Epiphany and Mardi Gras, people all over the world eat King Cake. Whether simply because it tastes good or because people love holiday traditions, the King Cake is beloved. Before Lent starts ...

If you consider yourself a baker and you celebrate Mardi Gras, making a king cake is a rite of passage. Aubri Juhasz of member station WWNO in New Orleans joined culinary students for their very first ...

The party doesn't stop after your daily slice of king cake. In Baton Rouge, there's a plethora of Mardi Gras-inspired foods to go around, though unconventional. Think king cake-inspired pastries, ...

Mardi Gras is next week and you know what that means. It's time for king cake. King cakes traditionally have purple, yellow, and green icing and are a mix between coffee cake and a cinnamon roll.