Many will relay stories of doing this with their grandmothers growing up, and now doing it with their own children, nonna's recipe in tow. Some deem it acceptable to eat during Lent, and local Italian ...
The Thursday before Easter was a time when Grandma’s kitchen resembled Grandpa’s pastry shop. She was busy making wheat pies, rice pies, and a heavenly Easter lamb cake sprinkled with coconut – as ...
For me, holidays are defined by the foods I eat. In my Italian-American family, there are foods sacred to particular days. No matter how much we might yearn for these foods throughout the year, we ...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – On today’s CT BUZZ, Host Natasha Lubczenko welcomed Louis Abate, Owner of Abate Apizza & Seafood Restaurant, and Eddie Cruz, Abate’s Head Pizza Maker, to share the story and ...
As the Easter holiday approaches, holy week is very busy in our kitchens. Traditional Easter cookies such as Nana’s anginettes, are being prepared, baked and frosted. Easter egg breads with their ...
Italian Easter pies by any other name still taste wonderfully salty and savory. And that's a good thing, because the Italian quiche goes by many names. They include Easter pie, as well as pizza ...
When both San Giuseppe Day and Easter would fall within weeks of each other — as with this year — Grandma would say, “I’m beside myself with all of the baking and cooking. I hope I still have the ...