Audrey Stetson and John Redfield went into the kitchen to try their hand at making the Polish pączki: a Mardi Gras tradition.

Order by the dozen to avoid decision panic at the glass case. Fruit fillings rotate, yet raspberry, plum, and apricot are faithful stalwarts. Ask which batch just cooled for a still-warm, sugar-dusted ...

The pie consists of vanilla pastry cream topped with Michigan tart cherries, whipped cream, icing and glazed donuts.