Feb 5th, 2008 · What's purple, yellow, green and sweet all over -- and mostly available only in New Orleans? Just in time for Mardi Gras, we sink our teeth into King Cake, that Louisiana delicacy, with superchef Paul Prudhomme.
Feb 20th, 2007 · Mardi Gras wraps up today in New Orleans with the big Fat Tuesday festivities. This year's events haven't drawn crowds as large as they were before Hurricane Katrina, or even last year. The city also had trouble finding a sponsor, and some hotels still have vacancies.
Feb 20th, 2007 · Just after sunrise on Mardi Gras, the first music of the day fills the streets of New Orleans. Jazz great Pete Fountain leads the way, as he has since 1960.
Feb 20th, 2007 · Jazz trumpeter and New Orleans native Irvin Mayfield lost his father, Irvin Mayfield Sr., in the floods resulting from Hurricane Katrina. Mayfield talks about his Mardi Gras memories and his hometown today.
Feb 17th, 2007 · The greasing of the poles at the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street in New Orleans is a Mardi Gras tradition. Coating the balcony supports with petroleum jelly is an effort to thwart revelers' attempts to climb the poles.
Mar 3rd, 2006 · Steve Inskeep checks in with some New Orleans residents with whom he has been in touch since Hurricane Katrina hit. The Bordelon family lives in St. Bernard Parish. Ronald Lewis is the president of a Ninth Ward social club.
Feb 27th, 2006 · Six months after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is celebrating Mardi Gras. The celebration this year is as lively as ever, but smaller. There are four fewer days, six fewer carnival krewes and every parade has to use the same route.
Feb 27th, 2006 · Six months after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is a city of revelry --- and a city of despair. A city where some neighborhoods are up and running, and others are a wasteland. A city where some have found a new calling, and some can no longer cope. Robert Siegel and Michele Norris report from New Orleans.