The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, marks the final day of indulgence before the season of Lent begins in many Christian traditions. It is the day before Ash Wednesday, which kicks off a season of fasting ...

PARMA, Ohio – Fat Tuesday started early at Rudy’s Strudel ... 31 flavors of the cream- and fruit-filled pastry is a family tradition. RELATED: Paczki, polka and pierogi: Parma’s ultimate ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - For the Fat Tuesday holiday, one local bakery is trying to keep its tradition of nearly four decades alive. However, with the prices of ingredients on the rise, it is proving ...

Here's what you should know about Fat Tuesday before bidding farewell to the 2025 Mardi Gras season. Mardi Gras is a tradition that dates back thousands of years to pagan celebrations of spring ...

In Chicago and the Midwest, eating paczki is a time-honored tradition on Fat Tuesday. The Polish deep-fried pastry has the consistency similar to a plush doughnut crossed with brioche, often ...

When I was born, he kept the tradition going so I like to try to keep it going for him." Bartell is one of the many visitors Hamtramck will have as part of a greater Fat Tuesday celebration.

"It's the best place to get a donut," agreed Breznitsky. "I've been coming here. I brought the tradition to work, and we, in this coal mining area, it's all about paczki and Fat Tuesday," said Yatko.

Mom and Pops have been doing this in their own kitchens here in America as part of their own Fat Tuesday tradition for years and years. WGN’s Patrick Elwood’s in-laws Joanell and Frank Zawaski ...

or what is often called Fat Tuesday, to indulge. The tradition then made its way through the colonies, and around 1699, French Canadians arrived in what is now Mobile, Alabama, according to USA TODAY.