NewsTalk 1290 News & Talk of Texoma » mardi gras http://newstalk1290.com Thu, 23 May 2013 03:11:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 What Exactly Is the History Behind Mardi Gras? http://newstalk1290.com/history-mardi-gras/ http://newstalk1290.com/history-mardi-gras/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:44:46 +0000 Carl Pettit http://thefw.com/?p=98650 After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Atlantic Coast in 2005, New Orleans, and the region as a whole, gained more prominence in the national and international news, and rightly so.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/history-mardi-gras/feed/ 0 DoctorWho, Flickr 10 Delicious King Cakes for Mardi Gras http://newstalk1290.com/mardi-gras-king-cakes/ http://newstalk1290.com/mardi-gras-king-cakes/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:15:08 +0000 Kathy Landin http://thefw.com/?p=98513 The king cake is a traditional Mardi Gras food. It is usually a ring-shaped pastry, sometimes filled with cheese or jelly and sprinkled with the colors of Mardi Gras. It began as an Epiphany treat, celebrating the arrival of the Three Wise Men to the stable where Jesus was born. Oh, and it’s delicious.

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