There are a lot of culinary traditions in this part of the world, traditions that have roots in Catholic laws and regulations, which themselves had roots in pagan traditions: fish on Fridays, fasting on certain cycles, and the King Cake, also known as the Three Kings Cake or Epiphany Cake. Eaten in the days after twelfth night and before fat Tuesday (Mardis Gras), and sometimes even starting around Christmas, King Cakes are flour sweet cakes, and most of them have a small plastic baby Jesus baked in, intended to be a surprise for whomever gets it in their slice, and also signifying who has to host the next party.