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Frozen chocolate drink (Getty Images/milorad kravic)

Happy Mardi Gras! Have a bushwacker

Bibi Hutchings
King Cake with crown surrounded by Mardi Gras beads (Getty Images/Lynne Mitchell)

Here's how to enjoy a vegan Mardi Gras

Joy Saha
Sliced Mardi Gras King Cake surrounded by colorful beads (Getty Images/Lynne Mitchell)

Vegan king cakes — they CAN be found!

Kelly McClure
The Oracle Pour (Illustration By Ilana Lidagoster)

The Oracle Pour has spoken: Sazerac

Erin Keane
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Can New Orleans prevent cyclist deaths?

Philip Kiefer - Grist
Parade-goers vie for beads and trinkets during the Krewe of Proteus Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. The day is known as Lundi Gras, the day before Mardi Gras. () (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Sarah Gray
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