This also means that when I came across National Pastry Week, Paczki Day, and Fat Thursday I had to write about them. Uncharacteristically of me, I’m actually going to start from the end with ...

In many places, women stormed city halls, symbolically taking power for one day - which is why carnival’s Fat Thursday in this region is traditionally called Weiberfastnacht, or the carnival of ...

Instructions: Pour the flour, erythritol, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a bowl and mix. Add melted butter, crack in the eggs, and pour in the milk. Mix everything thoroughly. ...

Every February, Poland goes nuts for doughnuts. Fat Thursday, the last Thursday prior to Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, is one of the most important holidays, and it mainly revolves around ...

Another – far less known and far more vivid – saying is the warning: ‘Those who don’t eat a stack of pączki on Fat Thursday will have an empty barn and their field destroyed by mice’. As the last ...

With Fat Thursday and Fat Tuesday just around the corner, bakeries across the Chicago area are gearing up for the annual rush of paczki orders, but many are facing challenges due to soaring egg ...

They are also bigger and plumper; the shape is more like a sphere. In Poland, the last Thursday before Lent begins is called Fat Thursday. So the splurge day was Feb. 27. A small amount of grain ...