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If it is true, as the Associated Press is suggesting, that alcohol may have been a factor in last weekend's slaughter in Afghanistan it would reinforc...
There seems to be something primal, maybe instinctive, that makes us want to dress up this time of year. Is it the longer days making us feel frisky? Or do we just need a little taste of good times to get us through the spiritually serious times to come?
In Rio, wings made of brightly-colored feathers glittered on the backs of women wearing little more than jeweled bikinis.
It's not only Meatless Monday, it's Occupy Our Food Supply Day, so get involved. The ingredient in the secret sauce for making real food safe and acc...
Reading about the worst of human nature in a celebration that's all about joy gripped the hearts of readers and the outpouring of support has reached avalanche proportions.
Lanky trees, draped with beads, stretched their branches over slow-moving avenues. Marble cherubim kept watch at the city's aboveground cemeteries.
It's the 84th Annual Academy Awards, a night when a large segment of the local population stays home to watch. But it's also a great night to score a reservation at any number of restaurants that are hard to get into.
As the moon rises over Mardi Gras 2012, I'm recovering from a day in which we met Mayans with End of the World 2012 signs, a honey badger and a Dogs Against Romney mascot, all within a block.
Some fats promote good health, some don't. The Mayo Clinic recommends you enjoy good fats -- in moderation. But today you eat. Tomorrow, Ash Wednesday, you fast -- and moderation blows.
It seemed inevitable, but we finally have New Orleans premier band celebrating Mardi Gras on a new record.
This Mardi Gras, put your regular pancake recipe on the back burner, and mix in a few of our sweet and savory favorites.Â
We're right on the parade route and we have viewing stands in front with waiter service, so those enjoying the parade can order food and drink.
For me, Mardi Gras has significance not as a day of indulgence, but, like Christmas Eve perhaps, as a day that precedes a particularly solemn season.
New Orleans' newest female krewe, the Krewe of Nyx, made history this year as the first krewe born since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005.
Everything -- from the cut of the masks to the thousands of pounds of plum-colored beads tossed from Iris' 33 gargantuan floats -- must pass muster.
Arguably the greatest party on the planet, Rio's Carnaval falls right at the top of every partier's puke bucket list. Here's how to do it right.
