Sweet dough scented with lemon and nutmeg is twisted into individual wreaths in these classic Italian Easter breads decorated with dyed eggs. Anna Theoktisto is a recipe tester and developer. Anna has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Irene S. Levine is an award-winning travel and lifestyle journalist. If you’re traveling in Italy this week, you’ll have a ...

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 ...

I grew up in the Mediterranean at a time when in my native country of Albania we went from no religious celebrations for 50 years to celebrating Christmas, Ramadan, two Easters and a variety of other ...

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 ...

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 ...

Travelers to Italy, especially families, often find themselves spending Easter in Italy. That’s because the holiday always coincides with school calendars when children and teens are off from school ...