Food historian Liz Williams told the Associated Press last year that the roots of king cake culture date to Saturnalia ...

Interestingly, it wasn’t always a plastic baby inside… Food historian Liz ... pre-Lenten festivals that evolved into the modern Mardi Gras traditions. The evolution hasn’t stopped, according ...

Mardi Gras is fast approaching and if you celebrate ... Buried inside is a tiny, plastic baby figurine. If your slice has the baby, it is supposed to bring you good luck.

Mardi Gras is fast approaching and if you celebrate ... Buried inside is a tiny, plastic baby figurine. If your slice has the baby, it is supposed to bring you good luck. In 2021, Lee Kresovsky ...

It’s an international twist on the traditional king cake — with a Russian nesting doll instead of a plastic baby. Katya Simkhovich drew on her Slavic roots to create this unique version of the ...

Louisiana native Alison Adams is sharing her Cajun culture and traditions of Mardi Gras with an installation at the Beet ...

If you find the baby in your slice of king cake, congratulations! You get to be "king" or "queen" for the day. But you also ...

With Mardi Gras right around the corner — March 4 ... hence the obligatory plastic baby placed inside each king cake. The dessert, traditionally made with cinnamon and sometimes cream cheese ...

Beads are typically plastic but remain popular during Mardi Gras. Julie Anne's Bakery King Cakes with over 28 different flavors. A king cake is a pastry with a tiny figurine of a baby baked into ...