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
When: March 20 to April 05
Where: [...]
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
1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/8 tsp ground cloves
2 tbsp cornstarch
1 [...]
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 few of [...]
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 create your own pysanky [...]
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 select one that [...]
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
Here’s an interesting video I found about how Easter is celebrated in a small village called Holloko in Northern Hungary.
It’s an actual festival where locals participate in traditional Hungarian Easter rituals. The festival atttracts thousands of visitors from around the world. Holloko and the surrounding area is listed as UNESCO World Heritage site.
The video is [...]
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 and [...]
These Easter cupcakes are easy to make and they look great!
Makes 12 cupcakes.
Ingredients
Cupcake Batter
1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 granulated sugar
2 eggs, at room temperature
1/2 cup all-purpose unbleached flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
Vanilla Cream Frosting
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups confectioner’s sugar
2 tablespoons milk
Topping
12 mini chocolate candy shell [...]
