Mardi Gras

Ask G&G
Ask G&G: Mardi Gras Myths and Manners
Carnival crimes, origin stories, and penance ideas

Arts & Culture
Meet the Mardi Gras Hatmaker
A New Orleans milliner followed her dream after a mentor said, “Don’t let the thinking get in the way of the doing”

Arts & Culture
Watch the Oldest Footage of Mardi Gras
The 1898 film is quite a spectacle—and an exhibition shares more of New Orleans’s most intricate carnival designs

Arts & Culture
Images of Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Beyond
Pictures by photographer Robby Klein from locales in Louisiana and Alabama

Good Dogs
All Hail the Krewe of Barkus
A visual dispatch from the New Orleans dog parade

Food & Drink
The World-Spanning Story of a Favorite New Orleans King Cake
What makes Dong Phuong Bakery’s spin on the treats so special

Food & Drink
Chef David Guas’ King Cake
A classic Mardi Gras treat from the owner of Arlington, Virginia’s, Bayou Bakery, Coffee Bar & Eatery

Arts & Culture
The Wildly Creative Way New Orleans is Celebrating Mardi Gras
If parades can’t roll and we can’t leave the house, we’ll make Mardi Gras happen in—and on—our own homes

Arts & Culture
Why Do King Cakes Have Plastic Babies Hidden Inside?
A look at how the Mardi Gras tradition came to be (and no, it doesn’t have anything to do with baby Jesus)

Arts & Culture
Mardi Gras with My Dad and the Revelers We May Never Know
In a year unlike any other, a writer discovers a hidden trove of his father’s photographs—and unearths a vintage view of New Orleans

Food & Drink
Our Favorite Mardi Gras Recipes
Twenty tasty ways to celebrate Carnival season

Southern Focus
A Glimpse at Courir de Mardi Gras
Get to know the Cajun tradition that starts with homemade costumes and ends with a big bowl of communal gumbo

Arts & Culture
Meet Mardi Gras’ Brand New Krewe
An all-female krewe brings Mardi Gras spirit to New Orleans East for the first time in thirty years

Anatomy of a Classic
How to Make Crawfish Étouffée
An Alabama chef with New Orleans roots shares his take on classic crawfish étouffée

Food & Drink
What Locals Serve at Mardi Gras
New Orleans insiders reveal what’s really on their tables—and bars—during Carnival

Drinks
Carnival Punch
Hosts in New Orleans serve this festive batch cocktail during parade watch parties

Drinks
Ojen Cocktail
A liqueur with Spanish roots makes for a favorite Mardi Gras drink

Food & Drink
Creole Jambalaya
A classic Louisiana recipe from the Brennan family of New Orleans

Drinks
Brennan’s Milk Punch
The morning sipper of choice in New Orleans, with your pick of bourbon or brandy

Drinks
Emeril Lagasse’s Cajun Bloody Mary
A super spicy kicked-up eye-opener