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2A Sunday, February 4, 2024 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia I gainesvilletimes.com New Orleans bakeries receive heaps of orders for king cakes Gerald Herbert Associated Press Lawren DiBella sprinkles colored sugar onto king cakes at Haydel’s Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Wednesday, Jan. 31. BY KEVIN MCGILL AND STEPHEN SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — It's Carnival season in New Orleans and that means lines are long outside local bakeries and the pace inside is brisk as workers strive to meet customer demand for king cakes — those brightly colored seasonal pastries that have exploded in popularity over the years. “Mardi Gras is our busi est time of year,” says David Haydel Jr. of Haydel's Bak ery, who estimates the sale of king cakes in the few short weeks between Christmas and Lent accounts for about half the bakery's income. Behind him are racks hold ing dozens of freshly baked cakes ready for wrapping. Nearby, workers are whip ping up batter in large mixers, rolling out lengths of dough, braiding and shaping them into rings and popping them into ovens. It's a similar scene at Adri an's Bakery in the city's Gen- tilly neighborhood, where Adrian Darby Sr. estimates king cakes make up 40% of his business. ‘‘Without Mardi Gras, you know, you have to make cutbacks, and you don't want to do that. You've got full-time employees and you want to maintain that.” Food historian Liz Wil liams says the roots of king cake culture date to Satur nalia celebrations of ancient Rome, when a cake was baked with a bean inside and whoever got the slice with the bean was deemed king for a day. Over the centuries the tra ditions developed and were adapted into European pre- Lenten festivals that evolved into the modem Mardi Gras traditions. The evolution hasn't stopped, according to Wil liams. King cakes in New Orleans were once uniform and simple — a ring of braided lightly sweet brioche topped with purple, green and gold sugar. Instead of a bean, tiny baby dolls — made of china at first, now plastic — were baked inside. ‘‘There was not really one variation from one bakery to another,” Williams said. But by the 1970s, changes were happening. Some bak ers began using Danish- style pastry dough. Some began filling their king cakes with cream cheese or fruit preserves. The treat's popularity grew from one Mardi Gras season to the next amid the usual frenzy of parades and color ful floats, costumed revelry and partying in the streets. Years ago, Williams said king cake was probably consumed a few times a year, perhaps during a king cake party dur ing Carnival season. Now, said Williams, Mardi Gras season means almost daily king cake consumption for some. ‘‘People will pick up a king cake and take it to work, and whoever gets the baby has to bring one the next day, so people are eating it all the time.” Still, it's not a year-round binge treat. Tradition holds that king cake is not to be eaten before Carnival sea son begins on Jan. 6 nor after Mardi Gras — Fat Tuesday — which falls this year on Feb. 13. THANKYOU FOR READING FULL ACCESS WITH YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Our local news team, the largest in Northeast Georgia, works each day to bring you honestly local news delivered in several different platforms. Subscribers can tailor their preferences for reading the day’s news, whether that’s the traditional print edition or a combination of online formats. Print Traditional print editions are currently published Wednesday and Friday for delivery by mail. 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Brenau University Pearce Auditorium, 202 Boulevard NE, Gainesville. 770-534-6249, mcooper3@brenau.edu. $5-$10. Clay Heart Pop-Up Workshop. 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 3. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. 770-536-2575, qartscenter@ gmail.com. $30. The Ladies & Gents Valentine’s Night of En tertainment. 6:30to 11:30 p.m. Feb.3. Paul E. Bolding American Legion Post 7 Gainesville, GA, 2327 Riverside Drive, Gainesville. 706-877- 0325, thecoggents@gmail.com. $80-$155. North Georgia Chamber Symphony Quartet Concert. 2 to 3 p.m. Feb. 3. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. 706-867- 9444, Bettyflorence@windstream.net. $10. Walk with a Doc. 10 to 11 a. m. Feb. 3. Midland Greenway- Meet at outdoor fitness court (or ange mural). For inclement weather location see webpage, 422 Banks St, Gainesville, fmwwad@ gmail.com. Free. A Little Night(hawk) Music Concert Series. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5. Performing Arts Lobby, 3040 Landrum Education Drive, Oakwood. 706-864- 1423, music@ung.edu. Free. Caffeine and Octane Lanier Raceway. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 9. Caffeine and Octane’s Lanier Raceway, 5301 Winder Highway, Braselton. AuthorTalk: Bobby Nash. 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 7. Hall County Library System, Gainesville Branch, 127 Main St. NW, Gainesville. 770-532-3311 ext. 4011, jcline@hallcountylibrary.org. Free. Homeschool Workshop: The Art of Papermak ing. 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 7. Atlanta Botanical Garden Gainesville, 1911 Sweetbay Drive, Gainesville. $10. ONGOING Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group. 5:30- 6:30 p.m. first Tuesdays of the month. Grace Episcopal Church, 422 Brenau Ave. NE, Gaines ville. 727-409-6608, charlenebestdewitt@ gmail.com. Free. Card workshop. 10a.m.to 1 p.m.first Satur days of the month. Hall County Library System, Gainesville branch, 127 Main St. NW, Gaines ville. 77 0-532-3311 ext. 4011, gkoecher@ hal Icou ntyl i bra ry.org. Discovery Saturdays. 10a.m.to3 p.m.second Saturdays of the month. Elachee Nature Sci ence Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville. 770-535-1976. $3-$5. Ekphrasisforthe Masses. Noon to 1 p.m. sec ond Tuesdays of the month. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. 770-536- 2575, info@qvac.org. Free. Gainesville Lacers. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. third Saturdays of the month. Hall County Library System, Gainesville branch, 127 Main St. NW, Publish your event Don’t see your event here? Organizers can go to gainesvilletimes.com/ calendar and submit their events for publication online and in print. Click the “+Add event” button at the top right and follow the prompts to add information and a photo. Events publish at the editors’ discretion. See more Go to gainesvilletimes.com/calendar for the full interactive calendar of events throughout the region. Gainesville. 770-532-3311, gkoecher@hall- countylibrary.org. Gentle Yoga. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.second, third and fourth Wednesdays. Blackshear Place Branch Library, 2927 Atlanta Highway, Gaines ville. 770-337-1572, dl9345@bellsouth.net. Free. Georgia Cross Stitchers. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. second Saturdays of the month. Hall County Library System, Gainesville Branch, 127 Main St. NW, Gainesville. 770-532-3311 ext. 4011; gkoecher@hallcountylibrary.org. Free. Gold Rush Quilting Guild. 10 a.m. to noon first Wednesdays of the month. Friendship Baptist Church, 3513 Westmoreland Road, Cleveland. alenekempton@gmail.com. Hip Hop Class Wednesdays. 4-5 p.m. (3rd to 5th Graders) through May 15. Gainesville Bal let Company, 971 Riverside Drive, Gainesville. 770-866-5353, info@gbcdance.com. $88. Homeschool Day. 10a.m.to 12 p.m.third Thursdays of the month. Elachee Nature Sci ence Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville. 770-535-1976. $15. Ice Skating at Sugar Hill. Through Feb. 17. The Ice Rink at Sugar Hill, 5039 W. Broad St., Sugar Hill. Music Bingo. 7 to 9 p.m. every Thursday. NoFo Brew Co. Gainesville, 434 High St. SW, Gaines ville, topher@nofobrew.co. Free. Northeast Georgia Writers. 1-3 p.m. first Wednesdays of the month. Gainesville Down town Library, 127 Main St. NW, Gainesville. talltaleswriter@gmail.com. Free. Tea with Jane Austen: A Reading Group. 3-4 p.m. fourth Fridays of the month through No vember. Hall County Library System, Gainesville Branch, 127 Main St. NW, Gainesville. 770-532- 3311 ext.4011,gkoecher@hallcountylibrary. org. Free. Trivia Night. 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays. NoFo Brew Co Gainesville, 434 High St. SW, Gainesville, to- pher@nofobrew.co. Free. Turning Leaves BookClub. ll:30a.m.tol p.m. first Wednesdays of the month. Linwood Nature Preserve Ecology Center, 415 Linwood Drive, Gainesville, karin.hicks@uga.edu. War Stories Book Club. 4-5 p.m. second Fridays of the month. Murrayville Branch Library, 4796 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville. 770-532- 3311 ext. 171. Free. TODAY IN HISTORY Mark J. Terrill Associated Press In this Feb. 4, 1997, file photo, A large crowd gathers outside Los Angeles County Superior Court in Santa Monica, Calif., to hear the verdict in the wrong ful-death civil trial against O.J. Simpson. Simpson was found liable in the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. On this date: In 1783, Britain’s King George III proclaimed a formal cessation of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War. In 1789, electors chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States. In 1801, John Marshall was confirmed by the Senate as chief justice of the United States. In 1913, Rosa Parks, a Black woman whose 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a Montgom ery, Alabama, city bus to a white man sparked a civil rights revolution, was born Rosa Louise Mc Cauley in Tuskegee. In 1974, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst, 19, was kidnapped in Berkeley, California, bythe radical Symbionese Liberation Army. In 1977, eleven people were killed when two Chicago Transit Authority trains collided on an elevated track. In 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and herfriend, Ronald Goldman, after he had been acquitted at his criminal trial. In 1999, senators at President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial voted to permit the showing of portions of Monica Lewinsky’s videotaped deposition. In 2004, Facebook had its beginnings as Har vard student MarkZuckerberg launched “The- facebook.” In 2013, British scientists announced they had rescued the skeletal remains of King Richard III, who lived during the 15th century, from the ano nymity of a drab municipal parking lot. In 2017, running backs LaDainian Tomlinson and Terrell Davis and quarterback Kurt Warner were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 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He'll be waiting to see his first Super Bowl commercial appearance from his home when the Kansas City Chiefs face the San Francisco 49ers in the championship game on Feb. 11. “I felt it was kind of funny,” he said. “It was a funny commercial they wrote.” Associated Press
