Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday,” is Feb. 9 this year ... Have one you’d like to share? Write to Potluck, Times Record, P.O. Box 1359, Fort Smith, AR 72902. Email: [email protected].

St. Joseph Cathedral, 401 Main St., will host the Krewe of St. Joe’s Mardi Gras gumbo potluck lunch at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, in the Parish Hall, following the 10:30 a.m. principal liturgy.

But cookbooks are something new, according to Arthur Hardy, the founder of the Mardi Gras Guide ... as the organizers first met through a potluck group for South Asians in New Orleans.

Try hosting an annual Mardi Gras potluck where everyone brings a dish. Gumbo, red beans and rice, crawfish pies, Carnival Time pasta — the possibilities are endless, and the flavors are always ...

Contributions can be sent to: Norman Mardi Gras Parade, 102 E. Himes St., Norman, OK 73069. For more information about the potluck or the parade, call Harriette Leigh Kemp at 245-9874.