Chinese New Year 2026- Year of the Fire Horse
I love Chinese New Year! I love the colors, the history and most of all the food! We always celebrate Chinese New Year at our favorite place, Foxwoods Casino in CT. This Friday, Feb. 17th begins the sixteen-day celebration of Chinese New Year - the year of the fire horse. We will celebrate, but one day, we're going to party all sixteen days! I probably would be the one with the red lampshade on my head singing! Fire Element Intensity: 2026 is a Fire Horse year, occurring
Mardi Gras King Cake
In New Orleans, there's a cake, with a plastic baby and a party waiting to happen. Only at Mardi Gras would they shove a plastic baby inside a baked bread-like cake and make it acceptable. With Fat Tuesday a little more than a week away, I wanted to repost this recipe so you can get all the things you need in advance. The history of the King Cake, during Carnival Season (starts on the Epiphany- January 6th and ends on Fat Tuesday) is that it's lucky to find the baby hidden
