If you’ve been to Italy, you’re well aware that we spend a lot of time around the table eating good food, drinking good wine, and chatting for hours. On special occasions it is even more important for families to work together to prepare homemade dishes from traditional recipes. Today, I would like to give you a glimpse of a typical Easter lunch — starting with dessert. I know that’s an unusual place to start, but this special dessert, called pastiera, is typically prepared on Holy Thursday and requires three days of rest to fully blend the flavors together.
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Palm Sunday
Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday and ends with Easter. It is a very important moment for the Christian Catholic Church and in my beautiful Sorrento Coast we have many traditions and events. But this year in 2020 we are staying home. Our churches are closed. There will be no mass, no processions, no celebrations in the streets. This is the most appropriate moment, therefore, to remain faithful and to keep our traditions alive. That’s why I decided to share with you one of the most important traditions of Easter in my region!
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