Growing up, I loved my mother's traditional Guyanese pancakes but often was unsure why they were even called pancakes, as ...

Severn Trent are reminding customers to have a flipping good time this Shrove Tuesday, but to ‘be a binner, not a blocker’ by ...

Celebrated as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, around the world, Shrove Tuesday, or "Pancake Day," derives from the English word meaning to seek forgiveness or be granted absolution.

Lent is a period of 40 days which many Christians observe as a time of fasting, abstinence and penitence - here is everything ...

It's a day of feasting and preparation before the 40 days of Lent. While most of the UK know the day as 'Pancake Day', across ...

Pancake Day 2025 falls on March 4, marking the celebration of Shrove Tuesday.Discover the origins of Shrove Tuesday.

The day earned its name from the Christian tradition of seeking absolution before the start of Lent. Pancakes became ...

The Inter-Livery Pancake Race in London's Guildhall Yard is a lively annual event commemorating Shrove Tuesday. Participants in quirky costumes race around the square while flipping pancakes. The race ...

LONDON (AP) — Racers dressed as a skyscraper, beekeeper and a chest of drawers were among dozens of runners in zany costumes ...

One Irish custom of the day was that any holly left over from Christmas should be saved for the fire to make the pancakes. As eating meat was to be banned for Lent, animals were slaughtered for a ...

After a Fat Tuesday filled with paczkis and pancakes, tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, marking the start of lent for people of ...

Tomorrow we fast, but today it's time to party. It's Fat Tuesday, and while there are many different ways to celebrate the ...