Archive for the 'Fat Tuesday' Category

Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras gives way to Lent, Ash Wednesday

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. In a world filled with clutter, noise and hustle, Lent is a good excuse to step back and rethink how we live. In [...]

Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras gives way to Lent, Ash Wednesday

By Adam Kuperstein Customers like Adrian Robinson weigh in at Gulf Stream Park Casino in Hallandale Beach for a Fat Tuesday promotion. Gulfstream's director of Marketing, Michael Goldin, explains the promotion to reporter Adam Kuperstein. NEW ORLEANS — As the sun began to set and the traditional family-atmosphere of Mardi Gras along St. Charles Avenue [...]

Fat Tuesday on Cape Ann

People are kicking off Mardi Gras today by gorging their faces for the sacred Fat Tuesday feast — check out what a few of Hollywood's hottest would look… This Mardi Gras, put your regular pancake recipe on the back burner, and mix in a few of our sweet and savory favorites. Today is Fat Tuesday, [...]

Fat Tuesday: Mardi Gras parade set to step off

Learn how to pair food and beer to host your own economical Fat Tuesday Beer Dinner. Then head to http://www.SaveOnBrew.com to check out over 350000 cheap beer sales and listings in zip codes across America. “Fat Tuesday Beer Dinners are one of Mardi Gras, though rich in spiritual tradition, also carries delicious implications, like beignets [...]

Fat Tuesday Feasting Makes Ash Wednesday Fasting Harder

255-8582 Join OutReach for our 4th Annual Mardi Gras party on Fat Tuesday, February 21. Our event will again feature New Orelans/Cajun style food music, and dancing. The menu will include Red Beans & Rice, Corn Bread Santa Rosa County Libraries' Preschool Story Time: 11 am Monday, Jay Library; 11 am Tuesday, Navarre Library; 11 [...]

Side dishes: Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras… Spring is near!

Tuesday is Fat Tuesday, so put your baseball hat on backward, drape a bunch of cheap plastic beads around your neck and head down to your nearest bulk frozen daiquiri retailer. Bruce Springsteen went to Europe the other day to preview his new record, Paczkis are traditional Fat Tuesday treats. Elmer's Bakery in Escanaba is [...]

Side dishes: Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras… Spring is near!

Shrove Tuesday, also known as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras, is traditionally celebrated with merry making and carnivals before Lent, a season of penitence and fasting, begins. The tradition of holding a pancake supper originated in England as a time to Tuesday is Fat Tuesday, so put your baseball hat on backward, drape a bunch [...]

Side dishes: Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras… Spring is near!

Fat Tuesday foods can really wreak havoc on your diet. Observe this festive day by indulging in these five high-fat foods that won't pack on the pounds – or the guilty conscious. By Angela Woodall When Miss Pearl's restaurant on Oakland's Jack London Square reopens Feb 21 — in time for Fat Tuesday — the [...]

Mardi Gras 2012: The gluttony has just begun

Fat Tuesday returns to Hastings. Published on Friday 17 February 2012 12:00. THE third annual Fat Tuesday spectacular kicks off this weekend, culminating in the main musical event on Tuesday evening (February 21). The first major event in By Angela Woodall When Miss Pearl's restaurant on Oakland's Jack London Square reopens Feb 21 — in [...]

Fat Tuesday celebrations abound in Baltimore

Mardi gras is French for Fat Tuesday, referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday; in English the day is sometimes referred to as Shrove The whole fasting practice might be not be adhered to as strictly [...]