King Cake is a New Orleans institution with a direct lineage to European Epiphany celebration cakes. The French galette des rois and the Spanish rosca de reyes both hide a small token inside a festive cake eaten on January 6th — the Feast of the Epiphany — with the finder declared king for the day. […]

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Pets de sœurs — “nun’s farts” in direct translation — are Québécois cinnamon-sugar spirals made from leftover pie dough rolled thin, spread with butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon, then rolled up and sliced into rounds before baking. The name is colloquial and old, rooted in the French Canadian habit of naming humble foods with irreverent […]

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