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The World of Easter Breads
 Throughout
the world, many cultures have special celebratory breads that
are traditionally baked at Easter. Many of these breads are rich
with eggs and butter and studded with fruits and nuts. In today's
world of supermarkets and modern conveniences, we often take these
ingredients for granted, but at one time they were very expensive
and hard to find, and thus reserved only for holidays and special
occasions.
Bread is an important symbol at Easter in that it is a metaphor
for the resurrection of Christ - flour comes to life and transforms
itself to bread. The breads below each have their own unique sybolisms,
some like Hot Cross Buns, which pre-date Christianity. Tsoureki
and Kulich are traditionally adorned with scarlet red Easter eggs
or a red rosebud, respectively, both sybols of the blood of Jesus.
The Italian bread Colomba Pasquale (recipe coming soon) is baked
in the shape of a dove, another powerful Christian symbol.
 We'll
be adding new Easter Bread recipes and additional photos throughout
this season. If you or your family have a traditional ethnic Easter
recipe, we'd love it if you'd be kind enough to share it with
our readers. Click this link to send an email.
The Recipes
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