How do you feel about King Cake? That bright cake, smothered in sprinkles with a plastic baby stuffed inside. Maybe you’re more a fan of the Galette de Rois—the puff pastry and frangipane version that hails from France. Shrove Tuesday traditions abound all around the world. In this episode of Kitchen Meditations, we’re going to learn how some of the most popular traditions came to be!
<a href="https://www.eater.com/22268353/king-cake-history-tradition-mardi-gras">King Cake history 
</a><a href="https://thegreekchef.us/blog/the-history-and-tradition-of-vasilopita/">Vasilopita history 
</a><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/03/14/174097702/its-russian-mardi-gras-bring-on-the-pancakes-and-butter#:~:text=Though%20now%20tied%20to%20the,as%20the%20food%20of%20choice.">Maslenitsa history 
</a><a href="https://swedishspoon.com/semlor/">Deep dive into Semlor 
</a><a href="https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/pczki_day_a_polish_tradition_becomes_an_american_tradition#:~:text=The%20Tuesday%20before%20Lent%2C%20people,the%20reign%20of%20August%20III.">Paczki history</a>
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On White Bread Alone

Reflections on cooking to help you taste God’s goodness in each bite.
Whether the kitchen is a place of stress or a place that brings peace at the end of a long day, whether you love cooking or loathe it, you still need to eat.
Baker and writer Kendall Vanderslice (author of We Will Feast: Rethinking Dinner, Worship, and the Community of God) understands the complexity of food—as well as the ways God meets us in the kitchen and at the table. Through these reflections on the mundane tasks that shape our daily lives, along with cooking tips and prayers for sacred, ordinary moments, you'll taste a bit of God's hope and healing every time you eat.