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King Cake bars for Mardi Gras

February 22nd, 2012 | Add a Comment

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The pre-Lenten holiday Mardi Gras comes with its own traditions, including King Cake, pancakes, parades and dancing. Ash Wednesday, observed this year on Feb. 22, begins the season of Lent where many Christians fast and focus on the reason for the

For those of you lucky enough to be in New Orleans or another location where Mardi Gras is celebrated in its proper and glorious form, then you're well aware that today is Fat Tuesday and tomorrow is the start of Lent.

Carnival season ends Tuesday with Mardi Gras, and for the past eight days, partygoers have taken over the French Quarter in New Orleans, reveling in beads, booze and well, that other five-letter b-word.

King cake reigns on Fat Tuesday – and the days leading up to it – but there are other traditional indulgences to be had across the country today, as Ash Wednesday looms.