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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you're looking for a project, there's no shortage of sweet treats to bake on Easter weekend. Kick off the weekend with traditional hot cross buns on Good Friday, then bake a sweet pull-apart bread ...

She took to her @thegiadzy Instagram account to share the creation with followers, writing, “Traditionally, this Italian Easter bread – aka, Casatiello – was made the day after Easter in an effort to ...

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 ...

On Easter Day, you’ll likely find Colomba Easter Bread (Pane di Pasqua) at dinner tables all over Italy, from north to south. The bread is one of the first signs that spring has arrived. And despite ...

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, ...

Once a year, Grandma Orie would make an Italian Easter cake. I always looked forward to it. The cake itself is more like a ...

Easter breads are a tradition in many European countries, but you don't have to wait until Easter to enjoy them. They usually start appearing in bakeries sometime after Ash Wednesday, and are offered ...