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Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is Carnival’s culmination with a day of parades, parties and indulgence before Lent. Here’s the most fun you’ll ever have with a history lesson.

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Where did king cake come from? Who started the tradition and why is it the cake for Mardi Gras?

Where did king cake come from? Who started the tradition and why is it the cake for Mardi Gras?

Where did king cake come from? Who started the tradition and why is it the cake for Mardi Gras?

Special vegan menu, Athenian lunch, mark Three Kings Day and more

Vanille Patisserie of Chicago shares their Galette des Rois, or King Cake recipe, a traditional pastry made to mark the Epihany or Three Kings Day.

The day commemorates the arrival of the Magi, or the “three kings,” who visited the infant Jesus on Jan. 6.

French pastries run the gamut from simple to intricate and from sweet to savory, but all of them are deliciously indulgent. Here are some of the absolute best.