New Orleans is, without a doubt, having a big year.  Next week Fat Tuesday will wrap up Mardi Gras celebrations with big parties and parades.  Jessica Mostek, creator of monthlymenuplanner.com , joins us with some authentic Mardi Gras cooking!  Give her Bananas Foster, Bananas Foster Upside Down Cake, Jumbalaya, New Orleans Red Beans and Rice, and New Orleans Dirty Rice a try!

Minneapolis has its own Mardi Gras party on February 16th at The Depot in Minneapolis.  All proceeds benefit The Child Neurology Foundation.  For more information, click here.