Henry Heights Elementary students are getting Mardi Gras ready by baking a traditional king cake. “We are baking La Galette Des Rois. It’s a French dish, we do that in January usually. We decided to ...

The Bocuse d'Or competition is the World Cup of cuisine, held in Lyon, the gastronomic heart of France. Now New Orleans is ...

The name “King Cake” is a reference to the Biblical story of the three kings or wisemen who brought gifts when Jesus was born ...

(Staff photo by Ian McNulty, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) Known as the "galette de rois" in France, this version of king cake is a puff pastry filled with marzipan, or a velvety almond cream ...

Although the treat is popular in the United States, king cake’s roots trace back to medieval European traditions, particularly in Spain and France. READ MORE: Where to buy king cake for Epiphany ...

Carnival Season typically starts after Epiphany on Jan. 6 and culminates on Ash Wednesday, which falls on March 5 this year.

France isn’t the only country to celebrate ... but there are still plenty of ways to order king cakes on Goldbelly, in their many glorious forms, if you’re stateside.

King cake is said to have originated in Old World France and Spain and came to be associated with Epiphany during the Middle Ages. When it was brought to the New World (along with Catholicism and ...

The history of the King Cake traces back centuries to Europe, particularly to France and Spain. Its roots are linked to the Feast of the Epiphany, celebrated on January 6th, which marks the ...

The Cajun courirs date back to medieval France, where disguised revelers ... it’s fair to say that you could sample some type of king cake in the Lafayette area every day during the Carnival ...