Killer Rubboard: An E-Zine of Mardi Gras Writing

January 30, 2007. Volume 1, Issue 4.

It's the "I GOT THE BABY!" Issue

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Other Issues


ISSUE 1: January 9
Bill O' Fare

ISSUE 2: January 16
Sometimes You Need To Dance

ISSUE 3: January 23
Some Things Foreign and Strange



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ISSUE 4: I Got The Baby!

EDITOR'S NOTE: There's a wonderful tradition of baking a small trinket into a coffee cake during Mardi Gras. Whoever finds the trinket is "King or Queen" for the day, and tradition has it that the elected royalty brings the cake for the next day. The "King Cake" is an old tradition that has undergone many changes. But one of the most delightful traditions is the small plastic baby baked inside. To celebrate, we sent babies to some very creative people and let them loose. We also go digging around in the pagan roots of this practice. Enjoy!

-- Aileen McInnis, Editor

Featured Writing

Krewe du Review

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Calendar of Events



Features


THE BABY GALLERY!
Several artists and creative types were invited to reinvent the plastic King Cake baby or be inspired by it. Visit the Baby Gallery to see what they created.

"Where Do Those Babies Come From?" By Aileen McInnis


Anytime it comes to the history of making babies, you know the pagan cultures are at the root of it all...

The Krewe Du Review
Bread Pudding is on almost every dessert menu in New Orleans. The Krewe Du Review checks out what several Anchorage restaraunts do with this Southern classic and in their search, our review team discovers that good bread pudding and old-time music have a lot in common.

Curious? Try to make your own speciality bread pudding with these Bread Pudding Recipes.


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Calendar of Events


COMING FEBRUARY 6, 2007:

The Krewe of Gambrinus: A Social Aid and Pleasure Society

If Anchorage is New York of Alaska, and Fairbanks its Chicago, Homer is its New Orleans. Double Queen Karen Berger of the Krewe of Gambrinus writes about the history of Mardi Gras in Homer and is helped by Haiku by Jennifer King.

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