The Mardi Gras King Cake: A Delicious Tradition

What is a King Cake, you ask? I can best describe it as a celebratory confection that is similar to a coffee cake-cinnamon roll hybrid covered with sanding sugar in traditional Mardi Gras colors: green, purple, and yellow. There is much debate as to what, if anything, these delicious desserts should be filled with. The…

Easy As π: Celebrating Pi(e) Day With Irish Pasties

Sweet, savory, irrational…it doesn’t matter what type of pi(e) you’re celebrating today! Started as a fun holiday by the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA in 1988, people all over the world now gather annually on March 14th to celebrate the mathematical constant of pi (π). The holiday is often observed with pie feasts, pie-throwing contests,…

Join the Celebration: Feasting on Shrimp Gumbo for Mardi Gras!

Growing up, we had this recipe a lot – usually whenever we went to visit my grandmother (a.k.a. “MorMor”) in the D.C. area – and it is one of my favorites whenever I am a little homesick or, like now, when it is Carnival season! Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is next week so I’m…

Melting Away the Winter Blues With Flavored Meeple Marshmallows!

It may be the middle of January, but for a lot of us, that means that Winter is really just getting started. As the temperatures continue to drop, rain and snow showers come and go, and the cabin fever really starts to set in, I find myself drinking more and more hot chocolate…with extra marshmallows….