Easter cooking means having a ton of fresh eggs on hand. Whether you are baking cookies, rice pies or Pizza Rustica, a traditional Easter meat and cheese pie, eggs are a primary ingredient. Here are ...

Every Easter, I thank god for my Italian ancestors. That’s because at a young age I was introduced to my favorite Easter dish, Pizza Rustica, also known as Italian Easter pie. Pizza Rustica is ...

Italian Rice PieMakes 2 PiesIngredients:For the crust:2 1/2 cups all purpose flour1 tablespoon baking powder1/2 cup butter1/2 cup white sugar3 eggs1/2 teaspoon vanilla extractFor the filling: 1 cup ...

Holiday cooking mostly revolves around family recipes. Cook something new at your own peril. nullI saw it over and over at my house. Inspired by recipes shared on The Journal food pages, I tried new ...

Italian culture is known for celebrating each holiday in a very special way, and there's usually a specific dish or recipe that goes with each. Easter is no different. Easter Grain Pie, called ...

Your Easter table will get a bit sweeter when you serve Jessica Squeglia’s Easter Rice Pie. Like many traditional Italian desserts, it’s light and not too sweet. Nervous about the rice? Believe me, no ...

Giada De Laurentiis puts an Italian spin on turkey day with her Italian Thanksgiving menu and she does the same thing with Easter. The cooking show host makes an Easter Pie using only nine ingredients ...

Italian Easter pies by any other name still taste wonderfully salty and savory. And that's a good thing, because the Italian quiche goes by many names. They include Easter pie, as well as pizza ...

The first time I ever heard of Pizza Rustica was after purchasing Baking With Julia by Dorie Greenspan. I brought that cookbook home about 25 years ago and it's one of the most worn and tattered books ...