Easter is coming.

Earlier this week I was interviewed by Rob for his show on local radio. He’s quite a foodie and often comes up with a topic he wants to discuss and this time it was Easter. As usual I made notes – fairly scruffy, but a list of facts and details I might need. He caught me slightly off guard when he asked how many videos we have made, so I had to jump up (quietly) and find my sheet of statistics so I could quickly tell him 71. Phew. Then we got to the list…fish on Good Friday, Simnel cake, Easter nests, hot cross buns. I’ll let you into a family secret – they are known as “warm angry bottoms” in our house since we discovered “buns” wasn’t a good word amongst American school friends 😉 Also on my list was Columba, the Italian yeasted cake, like Panettone, but shaped like a dove. It’s more widely available now in this country but was new to us when we moved to Italy. We found a bakery nearby where I saw them being made, right next door to the DiSaronno liqueur factory. The smell was incredible, but the sight of all the cakes hanging upside down to cool so they wouldn’t sink was equally amazing. I’ve bought one again this year as it’s firmly a tradition for us. Do you have something special to eat at Easter?