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

Inter-Livery Pancake Race in London saw runners in quirky costumes, including a skyscraper and a beekeeper, racing while ...

Students, parents, and staff came together to celebrate Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, at St. Nicholas School, marking a fun ...

Not all Christians observe Ash Wednesday, but for those who do, it typically involves attending a church service. During the service, clergy members either mark a cross on worshippers’ foreheads with ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of 40 days of Lent, but what's this Catholic tradition all about and is it still observed in ...

According to historians, the concept of Lent emerged shortly following the Council of Nicea as early as 325 AD.

As the Kansas winner crossed the finish line, the ribbon caught her ankle, and she fell to the ground. It was a difficult end to what had already been a very cold, windy morning.

Refined sugars, typically sucrose, offer no nutrients. They have a high glycaemic index (GI), meaning they cause a rapid ...

Choristers at Norwich Cathedral raced around the cloisters flipping pancakes as they celebrated the annual Shrove Tuesday tradition.

Probationer choristers choir at Salisbury Cathedral have celebrated Shrove Tuesday by practicing their pancake flipping skills ...

The history of Ash Wednesday is far-reaching. Originally, Lent served as a period for Christians to prepare for Easter ...

The Lenten ritual is six weeks of abstinence and fasting that emerged out of pagan practices. The word itself derived from ...