Italian Easter bread comes in many forms and styles, but it is enjoyed all over Italy on Easter. The braided sweet dough and colorfully dyed eggs make the perfect springtime dessert. I followed my ...

Italian Easter bread is a sweet bread enjoyed around Italy and by Italian Americans, with many renditions. The origins of Italian Easter bread aren't fully known and there are many different ...

There are so many Italian Easter traditions, and (shockingly!) most of them revolve around food. There is simply no way you can make all of these recipes each year, but it's nice to have options. Here ...

Gubana is a half brioche, half strudel from Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It's traditionally eaten after Lent. As Pasqua (Easter Sunday) approaches, rich, eggy breads grace breakfast and lunch tables to ...

I went and found that column, printed on April 10, 1981. And while I didn't use that exact recipe, I was inspired to start my own Easter bread tradition and decided to make a few Easter breads ahead ...

In my Italian family you knew Lent (40 days of deprivation, soul-searching, and fasting) was almost over when the annual baking contest began. This was no casual competition. This was the Easter Bread ...

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 ...

This year, Good Friday and the beginning of Passover land on the same day, April 15. If you're hosting an Easter or Passover get together (or both) and are in need of something sweet, check out these ...

Robert recently wrote about sanguinaccio, the Lenten chocolate pudding made with fresh pigs’ blood available at Bensonhurst’s Villabate Bakery. Villabate was opened in 1980 by a Sicilian family, and ...

Easter bread, also known as pane di pasqua, is made with a sweet dough enriched with eggs that’s twisted into long braids or rounds — and depending who makes it, the golden-baked loaves might be ...

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 ...