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Food, Lifestyle, Lifestyle/Society, Restaurants, Travel January 11, 2025

Hip hip hooray, it’s Mardi Gras season, grab a king cake

Happy Mardi Gras season beginning with the Epiphany on Jan. 6 culminating Carnival Day, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. You know what that means. Time for king cake. Americans usher in the new year with diets and lifestyle resolutions galore, but many people across the globe — particularly those from predominantly Catholic countries — celebrate the calendar change with a sweet pastry known as king cake….

Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Lifestyle/Society, Rancho Santa Fe November 28, 2022

Charm of honey; fine glasses toast great party

Two event-related items from Sabrina Cadini’s La Dolce Idea – The Charm of Honey, followed by fine glasses toast the perfect party. Honey always has been a pantry item in our house. My mom, an avid tea drinker, religiously brews a cup of Earl Grey after 4 p.m. every afternoon, enhancing the aroma with a spoonful of honey. I am attracted to all those different varieties…

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