Sunday, February 19, 2012

King cake

  • When looking to celebrate Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday on Long Island, but need an authentic, New Orleans King cake to make the celebration complete, look no further than Long Islands own, Maras Homemade in Syosset, New York.
  • (Examiner)
  • When Christine Nielsen moved to New Orleans, the 26-year-old Delaware native fell in love with the citys Carnival pastries.
  • (nola.com)
  • But just how that baby got in the cake is a strange tale – featuring a mysterious traveling salesman — thats worthy of the best Mardi Gras lore and ritual. First, lets talk a little king cake history.
  • (NPR News)
  • Tradition dictates that the person who gets the baby must host the following King Cake party. JB customers frequently ask if the baby will be baked inside the cake, but Simon prefers caution to tradition in this case.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Pox on the anti-baby attitude that sometimes sneaks into the South Mississippi Carnival season.
  • (Biloxi Sun Herald)
  • The 19th annual Krewes Parade sponsored by the Alexandria Mardi Gras Association will roll as scheduled at 2 p.m. today (Sunday). The forecast calls for partly sunny conditions and a high of 60 degrees.
  • (Alexandria Daily Town Talk)
  • Mardi Gras is a magical time in New Orleans, featuring weeks of merry-making and re-enacting of old traditions. The Mardi Gras celebration, better known as Twelfth Night, Epiphany, or Kings Day, begins in January with the first round of grand balls.
  • (The Daily News Online)
  • Others, like the alligator sausage, I could never quite get used to. But the thing I loved best was the Mardi Gras king cake.
  • (Cape Cod Times)
  • There are many reasons to be enticed by Mardi Gras, and high on the list would definitely be the food. From po boys to beignets, one certainly has great options in Louisiana.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • A few months later, my daughter gorged herself on Gemmas blueberry marshmallows while cavorting on the grounds of Tecolote Farms.
  • (Austin Chronicle)

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