Gumbo is a Louisiana favorite. No Mardi Gras season would be complete without the thick soup. Containing a combination of vegetables and meat or seafood, gumbo must be thick and must have rice.

It’s Fat Tuesday have you had your king cake? King cakes received their name from the three biblical kings who visited the newborn baby Jesus. According to Catholic tradition the three kings’ journey to Bethlehem took twelve days and concluded on the day of Epiphany. King Cake season begins after the Twelve Days of Christmas and concludes on Mardi Gras day.