Mardi Gras

California Live’s Lawrence Zarian takes us inside the Sherman Oaks restaurant, Mardi Gras Tuesday where you can get authentic Louisiana cuisine, Mardi Gras style everyday!

California Live Contributors Blanche Shaheen & Berlin show us how the city by the bay is celebrating Mardi Gras including a visit to SF’s Louisiana-style restaurant & bar known as Gentilly!

New Orleans’ annual Carnival season entered its ebullient crescendo Tuesday with thousands of revelers gathering in the French Quarter and lining miles of parade routes in a citywide Mardi Gras celebration underpinned this year by violent crime concerns and political turmoil.

The Helen Woodward Animal Center hosted a dressy festivity for dozens of home-needing pups.

When you think of Mardi Gras, you think New Orleans. But not so fast. That’s not where it started.

The lead up to New Orleans’ annual Mardi Gras celebration intensifies Friday with events big and small.

Gourmet Goodies in Daphne, Alabama, is making a savory version of a the Mardi Gras treat.

Let the gold, purple, and green glimmer brightly: The charming Gold Country town’s parade is a charming way to let the good times roll.

It’s not Mardi Gras without a King Cake! Gourmet Goodies in Alabama created a savory crawfish King Cake that’s taking the carnival tradition to a whole new level.