All Lent, I eagerly anticipate Easter brunch. As a Catholic, I spend 40 days abstaining from dairy, meat, sugar, and, essentially, anything that makes food feel exciting. So when Easter Sunday finally ...
Easter bread can be found on many people's tables on Easter. While many area bakeries have been offering this Easter staple for several weeks, people are not perfect and there still are some trying to ...
Abbondanza — Italian for "abundance" — is a bi-monthly column from writer Michael La Corte in which the author shares his tips for making traditional Italian-American recipes even better. For many, ...
Dreaming of foreign travel? For me, it’s Italy, but since I can’t be there at the moment, I’m inviting Italy to my Easter table. In Italy, Easter is known as Pasqua and is the second most celebrated ...
Easter morning wouldn’t be complete for many ethnic groups without a golden braided loaf of Easter bread on the table. Here, Greek Easter bread made by Vasiliki "Vicki" Filippousis of Akron, Ohio, ...
Dana Stucchi still remembers Easters spent in Naples, Italy. The owner of Lancaster city bakery La Dolce Vita lived in Naples until 11th grade, when her family moved to the United States. During those ...
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Grandma’s Pigna: Italian Easter Cake

Once a year, Grandma Orie would make an Italian Easter cake. I always looked forward to it. The cake itself is more like a ...
Dough: This bread is made from a sweetened, yeasted dough, similar to brioche, made out of whole milk, granulated sugar, active dry yeast, all-purpose flour, kosher salt, 2 large eggs, and butter. It ...
Easter in Italy is less about chocolate bunnies and more about long, noisy lunches built around recipes people have been making for generations. Easter food in Italy tends to revolve around lamb, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Simply Recipes / Getty Images All Lent, I eagerly anticipate Easter brunch. As a Catholic, I spend 40 days abstaining from ...