Did you know that Easter comes twice a year? Well, sort of. Western and Eastern Christians celebrate it on different days, so while one eggs-n-bunny phase is long past, Orthodox Easter is this Sunday....
So, there's a lot of egg on the web right now. It's a post-Easter bandwagon and we have no problem jumping right on. We love eggs and we are in love with egg cups, egg poachers, and eggs on toast and ...
We're cheating a bit this morning... Because we know that if this egg salad had actually been made with leftover, dyed Easter eggs, there would be subtle pink and turquoise stains floating around on o...
The sun is shining and it seems like a miracle. We are sitting down to a proper Easter supper of roast lamb, potatoes, sweet eggy bread, potato dough rolls, and grated horseradish. Whether you are cel...
A confession: we've always been a bit addicted to Marshmallow Peeps. Though they're terribly sweet and often stale, there's just something about them that makes us keep buying them every spring. (Perh...
Asparagus are in season in some parts of the US. Here in New York, they are the cheapest (about $2.99 a pound) they'll be all year. According to a few of your comments about side dishes to go with Eas...
Egg cups make great souvenirs for apartment-dwelling cooks. They don't take up too much space and add a little bit of whimsy to windowsills or cabinets, but are easy enough to clear away when you want...
Here's a photo from reader Loren, who says: "My favorite sign of Spring is the marzipan lambs at Court Street Bakery in Carroll Gardens. Festive? Yes! Delicious? Indeed!" Impressive! Have you seen e...
As long as we're talking about Peter Rabbit... Here's a little more bunny love — a sweet, hand-printed dish towel from Etsy. Click below for details... ...
In the San Francisco Chronicle this week, we're seeing a lot of Easter-themed recipes and recipes geared at what's in season at the farmer's markets....
Easter Is for Baking, Too: OK, here's the deal - to those of us from a Slavic background, you really don't need to tell us that Easter is for baking. We're used to a full-out festival of carbohydrates...
With Easter coming up, we've started thinking about where to buy Easter ham from sustainable-raised pigs. We did some research and found several farms that raise their pigs without hormones or drugs,...
On the morning of Easter Sunday, there won't be any slaving over a hot stove. There'll be no worrying about whether the eggs will poach properly, or how to have half-a-dozen omelets hot at once. Inste...
Jelly beans, Peeps, chocolate eggs all hollowed out with gooey marshmallow inside - we do love Easter candy. We loved poking through the green plastic grass to find the smallest jelly beans at the bot...
This time of year, bunny-shaped sweets and candy eggs are everywhere. What about something springy that can be useful after Easter is over? This Garden Patch Cakelet Pan from Williams-Sonoma is season...
Easter is just around the corner; have you started thinking about your Easter bread or spring lamb yet? Well, this recipe for Golden Chocolate Easter Eggs certainly woke us up to spring. This dazzling...
Chocolate inspires the most gorgeous confectionery art - we have seen some truly amazing chocolate sculptures and we are in awe of the confectioners who have the patience and skill to craft somethin...
One enduring tradition in Orthodox churches is the Easter food basket, taken on Saturday or Sunday to the church to be blessed by the priest. A typical basket includes the foods given up during Lent...
Eggs appear everywhere this week, from the seder plate to Easter baskets. There's colored plastic eggs in green plastic grass, chocolate eggs with cream filling, and eggs you can eat for lunch. And t...
Like marshmallow Peeps, the butter lamb is another Easter icon. Lambs are symbols of the Lamb of God, the resurrection of Jesus, and are part of the Polish Easter tradition. But plenty of people j...
Peeps are the Las Vegas of the Easter table. Almost everyone's been to this garish delight, but not everyone's ready to talk about it. What happens in Peeps Land stays in Peeps Land, right? In tod...
Food and faith are perhaps never more linked than they are this week, Holy Week for Christians and Passover for Jews. For observant Jews Passover involves a thorough cleaning of the house from everyth...
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