Shrove Tuesday always falls on the seventh week before Easter, and the day before Ash Wednesday. It’s also the last day before Lent, which also begins on Ash Wednesday.

SHROVE TUESDAY includes a tradition where people will make and eat pancakes, hence many people knowing this as pancake day. Here, we look at the history behind the tradition and why pancakes are ...

Shrove Tuesday, also commonly referred to as Pancake Day, is a celebration that’s observed the day before Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the first day of the Christian observance of Lent, ...

Shrove Tuesday dates as far back as 1000 AD. In the Middle Ages, the day was knows as Shrovetide, a day when people would visit a priest to confess to all of their sins, then be shriven and told ...

In addition to mom and dad in the kitchen, their daughter Chrissy helps, along with local students who fold boxes, help out in the kitchen and take orders in the front.

The equivalent to Shrove Tuesday in Spain is Jueves Lardero, which translates directly to “fat Thursday”. The day marks the beginning of a week-long carnival preceding Lent and in some regions ...

Shrove Tuesday, also sometimes referred to as Pancake Day in some parts of the world, is observed by Christians such as Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and Roman Catholics and is nearly identical ...

New Orleans’s take on the Tuesday before Lent may be the best known, but it’s hardly the only celebration of all things rich and sweet. By Matt Haines This year, Feb. 21 isn’t simply another ...

Women in matching checkered aprons, headscarves and a rainbow of running shoes limbered up Tuesday as they prepared for the centuries-old pancake race in this English country town.

Get your eggs, butter, sugar and lemon juice at the ready, for Pancake Day is here. In 2024, Pancake Day (or Shrove Tuesday) is on Tuesday 13 February, around a week earlier than last year. Whether ...

Get your eggs, butter, sugar and lemon juice at the ready, for Pancake Day is here. In 2022, Pancake Day (or Shrove Tuesday) will fall on Tuesday 1 March. Whether you find delight in crepe-style ...