One of them, Pane di pasqua or Italian Easter bread, is a variation on Alba's, as most family recipes would be. (Alba's recipe calls for lemon zest, anisette liqueur and golden raisins in the 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 ...

Easter morning wouldn’t be complete for many ethnic groups without a golden braided loaf of Easter bread on the table. Here, Greek Easter bread made by Vasiliki "Vicki" Filippousis of Akron, center, ...

Italian recipes call for flavoring the loaves with anise or orange peel, while Greeks use two special spices native to their Mediterranean homeland for flavoring. Slovaks, Polish, Ukrainians and other ...

That tasty soft bread baked to a golden crisp is paska. But many fans refer to it by the season it’s most heavily consumed — Easter bread. Area bakeries’ ovens and shelves are filling with the loaves ...

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 ...