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It’s a piece of cake, literally, if you stop by the
Main Library at Eighth and Vine streets downtown for a slice of Mardi
Gras on Saturday from 1-4 p.m. Members of The Greater Cincinnati Retail
Bakers Association will construct, ice, decorate and serve to the public
Ohio’s largest King Cake, amongst other festive activities. That
includes two cooking demos, music by the Faux Frenchmen, the crowning of
the Mardi Gras King and Queen and displays of the library’s own
cookbook collection.
Schedule: 1 p.m. cake construction begins and Mardi
Gras king and queen are crowned; 1-2 p.m. Faux Frenchmen perform; 2
p.m. Chef Stefan Skirtz of S&J Cafe (at the library and Findlay
Market) demonstrates preparation of bananas foster and Chef Jon V.
Diebold of Washington Platform Restaurant shows how he prepares Cajun
seafood; 3 p.m. Faux Frenchmen return and King Cake samples served.
Free. 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2. Cincinnati Public Library, 800 Vine St., Downtown.
513-369-6900, cincinnatilibrary.org.
