Salon's Kelly McClure shares her favorite recipes and go-to vegan hot spots around the city of New Orleans

Margaret Spillane and Bruce Shapiro take in a country Mardi Gras celebration in rural Louisiana.

Tips for the last-minute Fat Tuesday trip, minimizing the walking segment of a French vacation and kicking off a South-Central U.S. line-dancing tour.

Many revelers are either unaware – or refuse to admit – that there’s a problem that needs to be dealt with

An arch, acute and haunting documentary about the segregated Mardi Gras traditions of Mobile, Ala., "The Order of Myths" might be the nonfiction film of the year.

Just in time for Mardi Gras, AirPnp allows people to rent out their bathrooms to revelers with full bladders

Locals can't ignore that Katrina haunts this year's festivities. Just check out the floats: "The Pigs of Patronage" and "The Corpse of Engineers."

I made my annual pilgrimage to Mardi Gras and was relieved to find that even waterlogged and wounded, New Orleans is still swinging.

Readers respond to Richard Bizzaro's in-flight escapade and the girls who went wild at Mardi Gras.

Cities across the world are enjoying the festivities. Check out this collection of photos from the global event

Our science fiction columnist on Sean Stewart's dark tale of perpetual Carnival.

Mardi Gras Indian chief Kevin Goodman lost family and his home to Hurricane Katrina. Can the New Orleans he loved resurface again?

John Kennedy Toole, Ernest Gaines and the recipes of Enola Prudhomme will instruct you in the sorrows and joys of the Bayou State.