Sample King Cake at the Ogden; Magic Mike and Ikes

WAREHOUSE DISTRICT? From NoDef's Twitter feed: "Sample king cakes from 18 bakeries at the Ogden Museum Thurs. Vote for your fave. You bite, we write." It's part of Ogden's After Hours series, January 24, 6 to 8 p.m. with music from the 101 Drummers and more. Cost is $10, more details here. [Twitter/NoDef]

CBD? Capdeville is currently making King Cake Bread Pudding using Rouse's king cake. That is all. [Eaterwire]

TATUM MANIA? Would you look at that? Artist Jason Mecier, has made a C-Tates portrait out of Mike and Ikes. Eat it up, you filthy animals. [AnimalNY]

FOOD TRUCKS? An Eater Commenter responds to news about Stacy Head's proposed food truck laws with an interesting take on things: "How about realizing that food trucks can make up an important part of a city's emergency response plan? Look what food trucks did up in NYC after Sandy." [-ENOLA-]

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