How Jefferson Parish Conquered the King Cake

It sounds unlikely, I know, but the writer of the declaration that declared independence from a king would eventually have a Louisiana parish named after him. And that parish would one day declare itself to be the “King Cake Capital of the World.” Jefferson Parish is celebrating its bicentennial this year, marking the time from […]

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