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The Big Book of King Cake and The Little Book of King Cake are now available for sale. Order your copy below.


Questions? Want to host an event for adults or kids with Matt (and bakers)? Or interested in placing a wholesale order? Contact haines.matthew@gmail.com.

The Big Book
of King Cake

Featured in CBS Sunday Morning
and The New York Times

"I once ate more than eighty king cakes in a single Carnival," author Matt Haines proudly remembers, demonstrating his dedication to this delicious Mardi Gras tradition. "So you can imagine how amazed I was to learn there has never been a book dedicated to king cakes!"

The Big Book of King Cake changes that with 368 pages of beautiful photography featuring more than one hundred and fifty unique king cakes, as well as stories from the diverse and talented bakers who make them.

$39.95
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The Little Book of King Cake

New this season for the little king cake lovers in your life

The Little Book of King Cake is the story of Miley, a third grader who has to bring a king cake to school. But what king cake should she bring? There are so many types to choose from, it makes her want to cry!

With the help of a giant, flying baby and a team of talking pastries, Miley visits some of New Orleans’ favorite bakeries searching for the perfect king cake and hoping to discover the answer to that most important of Mardi Gras questions: what makes king cake special?

$21.95
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Buy them together!

Buy both the Big and Little Books
of King Cake!

$61.90
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Where Else Can I Buy The Big & Little Books of King Cake?

We are adding more locations every day! Check back for updates.

If you don’t see your favorite bookstore listed here, you can always request it from them directly.

 

Bookstores
Blue Cypress Books
Frenchmen Art & Books
Lemuria Books
Octavia Books
Garden District Book Shop
The Concord Book Shop
Lemuria Books
Tubby & Coo’s

Shops
Alspaugh's Boutique
Aunt Sally’s Pralines
Betty Hunley Designs
Birdswell’s
Disco Warehouse
Dirty Coast
Fleurty Girl
Fly Right Galaxy Gift
Hazelnut
Hey Penelope
Home Malone
Little Miss Muffin
Mardi Gras Spot
Mignon Faget
NOLA Boards
Nola Boo
Nola Gift & Decor
Tubb’s Hardware
318 Art & Garden
Paper Smith
The King. Cake Hub
Royal Praline Company

Museums
Historic New Orleans Collection
New Orleans Jazz Museum
Southern Food & Beverage Museum

Online Retailers
Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
Booksamillion.com
Target
ThriftBooks.com
Wal-Mart

Bakeries
Audubon Nature Institute
Bakery Bar
Blue Bowls Nola
Bratz Y'all!
Brennan’s
Bywater Bakery
Cafe du Bone
Cafe Reconcile
Cakez & Cocktailz
Caluda's King Cake
Cannata's
Caywood and Randazzo's
Coffee Science
Creme Confectionery
Gambino's
Gracious Bakery
Haydel’s Bake Shop
Jack Rose
La Vie En Rose Cafe
Levee Baking Co.
Mayhew's Bakery
Nor Joe Importing Co.
Nolita
Palm & Pine
Piety and Desire
Rickey Meche's Donut King
Rock-n-Sake
Station Coffee shop & Bakery
S.S. Sweets
The Sweet Life Bakery Twin's Burgers & Sweets
Viola's Heritage Breads

Featured Bakeries, Shops & Makers

Thank you to all the bakers, bakeries and makers that made this book possible.

Adrian’s Bakery
Audubon Nature Institute
Balestra’s Food Center
Bakery Bar
Bearcat Cafe
Bittersweet Confections
Blue Bowls NOLA
Blue Dot Donuts
Bratz Y’all!
Breads on Oak
Brennan’s
Bywater Bakery
Café Du Bone Dog Bakery and Boutique
Café Reconcile
Cajun Pop
Cakez & Cocktailz
Caluda’s King Cake
Cannata’s
Cartozzo’s Bakery
Casa Borrega
Caywood and Randazzo’s Bakery
Celtica French Bakery
Cochon Butcher
Cocktail & Sons
Coffee Science
Compagnon Bakery
Copeland’s of New Orleans
Creme Confectionery
Creole Creamery

District Donuts.Sliders. Brew.
Dong Phuong Bakery
Éclair Délicieux
Galatoire’s Restaurant
Gambino’s
Gracious Bakery
Green Oaks Apothecary
Haydel’s Bakery
Hi-Do Bakery
Jack Rose
Joe’s Café
Joy The Baker
La Boulangerie
Lagniappe Baking Co.
Langenstein’s
La Petite Sophie
Laurel Street Bakery
La Vie En Rose Café
Levee Baking Co.
Little J’s Donuts N’ More
Mae’s Bakeshop
Maurice French Pastries
Mayhew Bakery
McKenzie’s Pastry Shoppes by Tastee Donuts
New Orleans Ice Cream Company
NOLA Craft Culture
NOLA Boards
Nolita

Nonna Randazzo’s Bakery
Nor Joe Importing Co.
Norma’s Sweets Bakery
Not Too Fancy Bakery
Palm & Pine
Passion Flour Baked Goods
Pete’s Papercrafts
Piety and Desire Chocolate
Que Pasta Nola
Rahm Haus
Rickey Meche’s Donut King
Rock-n-Sake
Rouses Markets
Saba
S.S. Sweets
The Station Coffee Shop & Bakery
Sucré
Sugar Love Bakery
The Sweet Life Bakery
Tartine
10 Cent Baking
Twin’s Burgers & Sweets
Urban South Brewery
Viola’s Heritage Breads
Violet Sprinkles
Viva Las Vegan
The Whiticar’s Effect

 In the News

What’s Hot: Mardi Gras
St. Charles Avenue

The Mardi Gras Guide
New Orleans Tidbits

Mardi Gras State of Mind
New Orleans Tidbits

Long Live the King Cake
Louisiana Eats! With Poppy Tooker

Can’t Get Enough King Cake?

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