So we got our hands on a bottle of that Lucky Player king cake-flavored vodka today, and after lunch everyone gathered in the kitchen for a grand tasting with tiny little purple, green and gold shot glasses Amy Wendel and Christin Johnson of

If distillers and distributors have their way, New Orleans will be ringing in Mardi Gras 2012 by drinking vodka that tastes like a king cake. A company called Lucky Player is introducing the spirit into the local market now; the

There is a small figurine inside, known as the fève, and whoever gets in in their piece of cake is “king” for the day. The galettes, on sale in boulangeries and pâtisseries, usually come with a cardboard crown. The one served to President Sarkozy at

Presiding over the annual Kings Day party at Gallier Hall, Landrieu opened the 2012 Mardi Gras season — which culminates with Fat Tuesday on Feb. 21 — by presenting the athletics directors of each school with a king cake sparkling with purple,

Thousands of Mexicans gathered on Wednesday to enjoy a piece of one of the country's tastiest traditions: a mammoth King Cake provided by the municipal government for the New Year and ahead of the Three Kings Day. The behemoth pastry measured a