sluttiest eats: carnevale edition

every fried & sinfully glorious Italian carnevale treat you're seeing on IG these days

Masks are cool, and parades are fun, but what’s Carnevale without all the fried goodness to snack on?

Carnevale is a global holiday happening from New Orleans to Venice. But, while New Orleans may have all the booze, beans, and beignets, Italy has a Carnevale sweets game that puts everyone to shame.

I apologize for the rhymes - I am feeling melodic today, despite getting locked out of the house at 9 am.

Today is technically the first celebratory day of Carnevale - Fat Thursday, though festivities started at the end of January in Rome, Venice, and other cities. It all wraps up with Fat Tuesday on the 13th, what many know as Mardi Gras - the final day of the Carnevale celebration.

Fat Tuesday is followed by Ash Wednesday or the beginning of Lent, where historically we should give up indulgences and pleasures for 40 days (until Easter) - something I will never forget as a little kid in Catholic Sunday school trying to give up Dunkin Donuts munchkins for 40 days. That didn’t last very long.

In other words, now is the time to indulge, people.

To celebrate these 5 glorious days of indulgence, here is the 411 on the main Italian Carnevale goodies to know.