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06-JAN-2010 Barbara Heide

Epiphany

Tradition de tirer les Rois: In France, on Epiphany people eat the g�teau des Rois in Provence or the galette des Rois in the northern half of France and Belgium. This is a kind of king cake, with a trinket (usually a porcelain figurine of a king) or a bean hidden inside. The person who gets the piece of cake with the trinket becomes "king or the queen" for a day.



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Epiphany: the Cake
Epiphany: the Cake
Epiphany: the Queen
Epiphany: the Queen
Epiphany: the Queen
Epiphany: the Queen

Canon EOS 40D
1/50s f/2.0 at 50.0mm iso800 full exif

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Frank Brault18-Jan-2010 01:50
A fine image and a lovely tradition.
Mieke WA Minkjan08-Jan-2010 06:12
thanks for the story Barbara, it brought suddenly memories back about my french years
great capture!
Sheila08-Jan-2010 02:22
An interesting tradition. Your cake looks so delish.
Carl and Racine Erland08-Jan-2010 02:09
Lovely tradition and nice image.
Doug Cruden07-Jan-2010 22:26
I don't need the excuse of 'king for the day' to eat a cake! They look good Barbara :o)
Ronald Bijtenhoorn07-Jan-2010 19:05
Shallow DOF with nice details
Guest 07-Jan-2010 18:14
What a great tradition, I have never heard of it. The image os great as well! Thanks for sharing... did you get to be Queen?? :)
Maaike Huizer07-Jan-2010 13:15
What a lovely tradition. I had never heard of it. I bet you've been the queen more than once. ;-)
Guest 07-Jan-2010 11:23
Love the details.
Bernard Davis07-Jan-2010 10:25
Nice image.
Guest 07-Jan-2010 09:11
haha what a great idea for a cake, thanks for the photo and sharing!
borisalex07-Jan-2010 07:37
Great display and nice to show the tradition!
Jim Stone07-Jan-2010 02:51
Great DOF and composition
Jeff Lobaugh07-Jan-2010 02:04
Excellent image! Thank you for the back story!
Walter Otto Koenig07-Jan-2010 01:54
A great tradition for the holiday. Lucky for me I'm King every day, that's why my name is Koenig. :)
Guest 07-Jan-2010 01:24
Nice tradition and a lovely photo. Did you get the trinket????
Phillip Normanton07-Jan-2010 00:58
Any tradition that involves cake is a good one in my book :o)
carol j. phipps07-Jan-2010 00:52
King of Kings!
Available Light Images07-Jan-2010 00:28
great tradition and a lovely image...
Yvonne06-Jan-2010 23:43
What an interesting tradition, wonderful capture.
Kathryn06-Jan-2010 23:15
Wonderful to hear the tradition you follow, lovely shot.
J. Scott Coile06-Jan-2010 23:13
It's good to be da king ;-)
Stephanie06-Jan-2010 22:31
What a wonderful tradition! Your image is superb in B&W!
Here's to the King & Queen of Epiphany! :^)
Cindi Smith06-Jan-2010 22:21
Yep, I love king cake and I always stab the cake until I can find it...hehe!
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