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table of contents JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2018

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FEATURES 8 All on a Mardi Gras Day by Chris Rose 12 Spanish Town’s Flamingeaux by David W. Brown 18 MoonPie in the Sky by Emily Blejwas 24 Cajun Carnival: La Danse de Mardi Gras by Sarah Baird 38 Indians: HereThey Come by Pableaux Johnson 42 Throw Me Something, Mister by Chris Rose

RECIPES 21 Moon Pie Cake

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34 Music of the Mardi Gras Indians by Alison Fensterstock IN OUR STORES 15 Cane Land’s Parade Rum by Wayne Curtis 50 Meet Rouses King Cake Krewe by Helen Freund 53 Cocktail & Sons’ Syrups by Wayne Curtis 54 Bona-Fried Good Chicken by Judy Walker

by Wayne Curtis 46 Reigning Cats &Dogs by Chris Rose 56 The Search for the Cure for the Common Hangover by Wayne Curtis MARDI GRAS MUSIC 19 Moon Pie, Moon Pie by Alison Fensterstock 27 Big Mamou by Sarah Baird 30 Carnival Music by Jason Berry

27 Chicken Big Mamou 52 Mardi Gras Monkey Bread 53 Parade Rolls 57 Mardi Gras Mary IN EVERY ISSUE 1 Letter from the Family 4 Departments & Products

“ MoonPies hit their stride as throws in the early 1970s, when the city of Mobile banned Cracker Jack (the then-favorite Mardi Gras throw) because the sharp corners of the boxes were injuring spectators.” —Emily Blejwas, page 18

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