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Vienna’s Easter Markets
[ 0 ] March 15, 2010

Vienna’s Easter Markets

Easter in Vienna is a very special time. Each year colorful and vibrant Easter markets are set-up throughout the city. These markets offer a variety of handcrafted Easter eggs, flowers and wreaths, local arts and crafts, and speciality foods.  The following is an overview of some of the most popular Easter markets in Vienna.  Easter Market Schönbrunn Palace  [...]

Ham with Pineapple and Brown Sugar Glaze
[ 2 ] March 10, 2010

Ham with Pineapple and Brown Sugar Glaze

Ham is a common dish served for Easter throughout Central and Eastern Europe. This particular recipe makes a very flavourful and robust ham. Ingredients 6 – 8 lbs fully cooked spiral-cut ham 2 cup (500 ml) water, plus 2 tbsp 1 cup (250 ml) pineapple juice 1/4 cup (55 grams) packed brown sugar 2 tbsp lemon juice 4 tsp dry mustard [...]

Traditional Russian Easter Foods
[ 1 ] March 9, 2010

Traditional Russian Easter Foods

Easter is a special time in Russia, with many delicious foods prepared for the joyous occasion. Celebrations are generally later than in the West. This happens because Easter dates are determined by different calendars. The Russian-Orthodox church uses the old Julian calendar, whereas the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches follow the Gregorian calendar. Here are just a [...]

Angel Egg by Adriana
[ 0 ] April 12, 2009

Ukrainian Easter Egg Gallery – Pysanky

Happy Easter! I just wanted to share another great website for decorated Easter eggs. Made by artist Adriana who is a first generation Ukrainian-American. Her collection features traditional pysanky (Ukrainian styled eggs) including ones made using goose and ostrich eggs. These eggs are available for purchase online. The website also has a section on how to [...]

Cooked Ham
[ 0 ] April 10, 2009

Tips On How To Cook A Great Easter Ham

After posting my article about “Tips On How To Cook a Great Easter Lamb”, I thought I would also share some useful advice about Easter ham. Selecting • Decide what type of ham you want such as bone in or boneless, dry-cured or wet-cured. There are both ready-to-eat hams and fresh uncooked hams available. • For fresh hams [...]

Polish Easter Egg Gallery – Pisanki Art
[ 2 ] April 7, 2009

Polish Easter Egg Gallery – Pisanki Art

For those that would like to view hand-made decroated Polish Easter Eggs. You can visit Irena Dobucka’s personal website on Pisanki Art. Her collection features several beautiful galleries of intricate eggs and art expositions including painted, crocheted, and new concept designs. Simply gorgeous! Be sure to sign her guest book when visitng. Pisanki Art http://www.pisanki-art.pl

Imported Ukrainian goose pysanka
[ 0 ] March 21, 2009

Ukrainian Gift Shop – Easter Eggs & Supplies

Easter is just about a month away now and I thought I would recommend another great site for Pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs). This website is actually a family-run store located in Roseville, Minnesota called the Ukrainian Gift Shop. The store sells a variety of supplies, books, DVDS, as well as imported decorated eggs from Ukraine [...]

Traditional Easter Egg Decorating Tools And Supplies
[ 0 ] March 9, 2009

How To Make Your Own Easter Eggs

Decorating Easter eggs is an old tradition throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Many countries like Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, and Romania each have their own ways on how eggs are to be decorated and displayed for this significant holiday.  Below is a list of links arranged by various countries on how you can create beautiful [...]

Easter Babka By Martha Stewart
[ 0 ] March 4, 2009

Easter Babka By Martha Stewart

It’s not too often that we get to see Martha Stewart cooking or baking traditional ethnic dishes. So, I was quite surprised to stumble upon a recipe of hers for making Easter babka. Little did I know she is actually of Polish descent (I guess I better keep up with my research about famous polish [...]