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Yes, there will be Mardi Gras in New Orleans this year and it will be bigger and better than ever. If you are planing to come to New Orleans this Mardi Gras, why not party in style at some of the best party places in town, right in the middle of all the action.

Authentic Cajun and Creole recipes like the ones found in New Orleans Restaurants at Mardi Gras

If you want to celebrate Mardi Gras, but don't live anywhere near New Orleans and don't have the time and money to travel, why not host a Mardi Gras party in your home? These easy recipes will make your party a success!

A majority of people in this country will unfortunately never experience a live Mardi Gras in New Orleans. That said, they shouldn't be deprived of the experience entirely. Here are some helpful tips for bringing the party to them this year:

Every year Louisianians celebrate with the rest of the world at carnival time. In keeping with Louisiana style and tradition, two dishes are always around during Mardi Gras: rice dressing and delicious King cake.

Gumbo, pralines and creole sauce - what a perfect way to sample cajun/creole cooking! Try these 3 easy recipes.

Enjoy Cajun delicacies that you can make easily yourself with this various flavorful recipes. They will stimulate your taste buds and transform your Mardi Gras party into the event of the season. Your friends will be envious of your culinary expertise as well.

We have Cajuns and wanna be's in our area too that LOVE Mardi Gras!

Mardi Gras' King Cake. Also known as Twelfth Night Cake is a traditional Mardi Gras', dessert that for one "Lucky" person brings the gift of Good Fortune for the upcoming year.

There's no better time than during Carnival, the two-month long celebration of Mardi Gras, to whip up traditional Cajun and Creole dishes. The following foods are requisites in New Orleans year-round, but make festive menus for anyone who wants to stage their own Big Party.

Mardi Gras is your last chance to indulge in all kinds of decadent delights before giving them all up for the Lent season. So a good Mardi Gras celebration cannot be complete without all kinds of fun food and drink.

Food and drink traditionally served for Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras is know for its wild parades, costumes, and even more...it's great food. Here are a few cajun style recipes that are completeley Mardi Gras.

Famous Mardi Gras Recipes

When you're traversing the streets of New Orleans and find yourself in the French Quarter, be sure to make a reservation at one of the area's finest Creole and Cajun restaurants. Enjoy exceptional dishes not found anywhere else in the world!

Aside from eating there are many wonderful things to do in New Orleans. Granted, New Orleans is the "Party Capitol of the World," but if you are going to come here for a visit, you should explore the rest of the city and outlying areas.

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Mardi Gras is coming. For those who prefer an intimate affair for Fat Tuesday, here's one meal that will get you in the Mardi gras spirit.

Recipes and instructions on how to make your very own Mardi Gras King Cake.

Some Mardi Gras recipes to prepare for your Mardi Gras party

have one drink recipe an appetizer and an entrée recipe to share with you so you have an authentic as possible Mardi Gras Party!

Everything you could possibly need to hold Mardi Gras at home. Includes ideas for the decor and music along with a collection of recipes that could be made for the occasion.

It is uncertain as to when the celebration of Mardi Gras first originated. Mardi Gras is celebrated in many of the Southern States in the United States.

Mardi Gras will be observed February 5th. I have some great cooking ideas to help you enjoy this celebration.

Every party animal loves the mardi gras season, even if you can't make it to the real thing you can still eat like you were there. After all mardi gras is about food...right?

At home ideas for your Mardi-gras festivities

Here are three foods and two drinks you can make to create your own Mardi Gras celebration!

A recipe on how to make chicken and shrimp gumbo; a Cajun style recipe to serve at your next Mardi Gras celebration.

How to make the New Orlean's famous Hurricane for your Mardi Gras party.

I love this dish because you can prepare it in so many ways.

If you visit New Orleans during Mardi Gras or pretty much any time you will likely find your self having some Beignets while you are there. Unless you don't have a sweet tooth. Beignets can be served as treats or for breakfast.

A delicious authentic Gumbo thats easy to make at home in under an hour. Celebrate Mardis Gras right!

The Bourbon Orleans Hotel is located on the famous Bourbon St. in New Orleans, La. A recent change of management may have changed the quality of customer service. The hotel is within walking distance of the French Market, Cafe du Mond, Harrah's and the Audubon Aquarium.

Mardi Gras, otherwise known as Fat Tuesday, is a great time to throw a party and to have some fun with family and friends. Here are some tips on making it a time to remember for years to come.

Mardi Gras is a popular time to have parties. Where there is a party, there must be fun games!

New Orleans is making a comeback after Hurricane Katrina, and the French Quarter offers endless possibilities for the perfect romantic weekend escape.

Have the best Mardi Gras ever, even if circumstances don't permit travel to New Orleans, Rio, or one of the other exotic locations known for Mardi Gras or Carnivale celebrations. Laissez les bontemps roulet!

Mardi Gras guide to all the parades in the New Orleans area.

In New Orleans, cigar connoisseurs have many opportunities, from a Cigar Factory to wonderful Cigar Bars, to fine restaurants.

Your guests will love these simple, yet delicious recipes for Cajun Style Barbecue Chicken, Orange Sweet Potato Casserole, Lime Pineapple Salad and King's Angel Cake.

Firehot fixings for the big day Creole Style.

This is a cooking story about how my Granny taught me as a child to make jar breads. These little mounds of bread dough are baked in half-pint canning jars; right in your home oven. It's easy, fun, and you can pick your own ingredients and eat it in one bite.

Learn to make a roux (pronounced rue as in true) and feed the hungry masses on Fat Tuesday. Get the water boiling early; then nibble on boiled crawfish or shrimp all day. Keep plenty of drinks iced down. Snack on popcorn balls, and warm up to sweet potato pie.

If you want a more restrained Mardi Gras for 2008, head to Shreveport, Louisiana! You'll find a more family- and budget-friendly atmosphere here compared to New Orleans.

A New Orleans celebration is great cuisines, rhythmic music, joyous people and memorable drinks. This script provides food suggestions, snacks and a famous drink. When mixed with merriment, good music, creative and fun-loving people, a true New Orleans experience evolves.

There are some absolutely amazing hotel in New Orleans, Louisisna, and I review the top three of these hotels for potential guests consideration.

Red beans and rice, shrimp and grits and more. If you can't make it to New Orleans, these recipes will help bring New Orleans to you. Create your own Cajun feast and let the festivities begin!

Rain or shine, bustling or not, New Orleans is a fantastic place to spend Thanksgiving and the holidays.

While visiting family in Lafayette, Louisiana the last week in July, we decided to visit New Orleans for a night. Even now, almost a year later, the residual effects of Hurricane Katrina were plainly visible driving into the city.

Have you ever wondered where Mardi Gras came from or WHY it is celebrated the way it is?

Hotel Monteleone is a historic family run hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans which is said to be haunted by ghosts of more than a dozen former employees and guests.

The city of New Orleans always comes alive this season in more ways than one and one always need advance plans when it comes to Mardi gras.

Discusses the regenerating music scene in New Orleans, focusing on jazz music. It starts out with the story of a young jazz musician who was forced out of town by the storm. Then it discusses all kinds of new opportunities for N.O. musicians.

For great New Orleans nightlife, check out these popular party destinations.

This was a wonderful adventure my husband and I had in New Orleans on March 3-5, 2003 before Hurricane Katrina hit. We really enjoyed it and even met Anne Rice at Emeril's Delmonico Restaurant.

The actual season of Mardi Gras begins on January 6th and continues through to "Fat Tuesday" or more commonly known as Mardi Gras, the day before Ash Wednesday.

There are many attractions, festivities, and tours to enjoy on your travels to New Orleans. Take part in any of these six highlights in the area, and you’ll be sampling just a segment of daily life in New Orleans!

There is more to New Orleans than Mardi Gras... That is a great party to be sure, but there is far more to this Cajun town than Bourbon Street.

After a decade long absence, my husband and I returned to visit New Orleans in May, 2005. We wanted to wait until October, but fate intervened and we fell in love with the city all over. Here are tips on how we enjoyed our stay.

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Despite Katrina, the tradition is geauxin' on...

How to make a tub of New Orleans love for Fat Tuesday - Or any day!

My favorite top 10 sites for Cajun recipes.

Recipe for Beignets for Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday) February 5, 2008

Laissez le bon temps roulez! No Mardi Gras party is ever complete without great drinks, and these three are New Orleans classics, the Hurricane, the Zombie and Planter's Punch. Now the recipes will seem very similar, but each truly has its own flavor.

Making your own Mardi Gras mask can be fun. Find out where to buy supplies to make your own.

Cajun/Creole Recipes that are sure to make your Mardi Gras Party the talk of the town.

Celebrate Mardi Gras in true form with your own home-made King Cake! Here's a recipe and historical information to have you contending with this New Orleans baked favorite.

St. Louis is home to the nation's second largest Mardi Gras celebration. The event is held annually in the Soulard neighborhood.

While the Mardi Gras season has ended for the year it is never too late to have an awesome Mardi Gras themed party. Graduation season is just around the corner and summer provides ample opportunity to bring a little of the Big Easy into your own back yard.

For many people who celebrate Mardi Gras, the traditional King Cake is an integral part of the celebration's feast. Thanks to modern day conveniences, with a few pre-made ingredients, this cake can be prepared, baked, and assembled in no time.

New Orleans is the place to be to party. although Mardi Gras may be officially held in the spring, the party lasts all year long in this town. With many bars that don't close...

Mardi Gras celebrations are fun, especially when you can eat them!

This is set up like a swap meet kinda deal, with just tables and tables full of anything you could possibly want to bring home from New Orleans. This is, actually, the oldest market of its kind in the US.

The King cake is a tradition of Mardi Gras. Here is all the information you need to know on what it is.

Some of my favorite cajun recipes and drinks.

Experience the spicy south with Cajun Crab Boil. Make it as spicy as you like!

These recipes have been in my collection for years and each one of them reminds me of the wonderful food I've eaten in New Orleans for Mardi Gras.

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Hot, steamy, spicy Cajun steak sandwiches are every foodie's dream!

Despite a struggling economy and miles and miles of empty neighborhoods, New Orleans French Quarter and downtown areas are open for business.

Traditional recipies from New Orleans, including appetizers, easy meals, delicious deserts, fun alcoholic drinks and even vegan options.

Time for Creole cooks to heat their grease!

It's a smaller but kicked up version of New Orleans' Mardi Gras - only South Florida style

Jennings, Louisiana likes to take pride in its more traditional, less flamboyant form of Mardi Gras celebration - a far cry from and more conservative celebration than is publicized in New Orleans.

Hotel Maison de Ville and Audubon Cottages offers a variety of accommodations in the famous French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. A coiuntry music loving ghost may be on the premises.

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Both groups are considered musical treasures of New Orleans; they were pioneers of what's considered contemporary funk/soul music. Popular artists, ranging from the Rolling Stones to the Beatles have paid homage to the music of these groups.

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That Holy Confection search for pralines in states long outside of New Orleans, LA matters more when you're not sure many are being produced in New Orleans any longer due to post-Katrina tragedy.

Quick an easy recipes to prepare for a Cajun style