Spring Celebrations

Building a better Easter basket

Building a better Easter basket

Sure, kids want chocolate and jelly beans, but an overload of sweets serves no one well. Shaping an Easter basket that's full of fun, minus some of the sugar, is easy.

Easter & Passover Treats and Eats

  • A slice of Easter

    A slice of Easter Photo

    For many, Easter morning wouldn't be complete without a golden braided loaf of sweet bread. more

  • Ham or lamb for Easter?

    Ham or lamb for Easter? Photo

    While ham is popular, the two invoke a zealous debate. We offer great recipes for both. more

  • Passover desserts rise above limitations

    Passover delights

    Here are delicious Passover desserts that rise above limitations. more

  • Seder sides

    Seder sides Photo

    Dietary restrictions can make Passover meals a challenge but these tasty dishes add a creative spin to your holiday meals. more

  • Easter baking ease

    Easter baking ease Photo

    Imagine the gulp of remorse when my nearly grown teens admitted that they didn't know how to make bread. more

  • Passover recipes

    Passover recipes

    From breakfast to dinner, our Passover recipes have you covered. more

  • A blissful Easter brunch

    A blissful Easter brunch Photo

    Frame a casual meal with a true sense of occasion and usher in spring with these delightful dishes. more

  • Recipes for Easter dinner

    Easter dinner

    This holiday is not just about ham...glaze over the various options for both main dishes and sides. more

  • Easter menu help? It's here

    Need Easter menu help? It's here Photo

    Serving a holiday ham may seem like an easy choice. That is, until you get to the grocer. more

  • Homemade Easter candy, an old-fashioned treat

    Homemade Easter candy Photo

    Every spring as a kid, I reveled in the same Easter basket filled with store-bought candy that all of the other kids in the neighborhood tore into: plastic eggs stuffed with foil-wrapped, peanut butter-filled chocolates, marshmallows machine-molded into pink bunnies and yellow chicks, and jelly... more

Celebrating Easter

What's your favorite Easter celebration?

  • Easter Mass
  • Dyeing eggs
  • Visiting the Easter Bunny at the mall
  • Easter egg hunts
  • Making Easter baskets
  • Easter dinner
  • Baking lamb cakes