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Easter

Members of the Giant Omelette Brotherhood stir more than 15,000 eggs on March 28, 2016, on the main square of Bessieres, France.

Giant Omelette Festival

A brotherhood is behind this 15,000-egg tradition.

San Biagio Platani, Italy

Arches of Bread Festival

Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.

Kokoretsi

On Easter in Greece, whole lambs roast beside succulent skewers of their offal.

Zhavoronki

These lark-shaped buns herald spring.

Mämmi mixed with vanilla sauce.

Mämmi

Traditional Easter pudding, best served untraditionally.

Mignon Chocolate Egg

Finns celebrate Easter with millions of real eggshells filled with almond-hazelnut nougat.

A 16th-century painting shows a family enjoying pancakes and waffles.

Remembering the Tansy, the Forgotten Easter Pancake of Centuries Past

Green, herbal, and slightly toxic.

Natasha Frost March 30, 2018

Cassata Siciliana

The seductively delicious Easter cake once made an entire convent neglect its prayers.

Sailors from the H.M.S. President in 2017.

How This London Pub Got Its Buns Back

Hot cross buns, that is.

Anne Ewbank March 30, 2018

The bread arches at night.

Every Easter, a Sicilian Town Builds a Cathedral Out of Bread

It's a competitive team sport.

Vittoria Traverso March 30, 2018

Medieval clergy played ball in labyrinths, such as the one at Chartres Cathedral.

The Lost Tradition of Playing Ball in Church to Celebrate Easter

Priests danced around a labyrinth and played a symbolic, ritual game of catch.

Sarah Laskow March 29, 2018

Canned, processed cheddar cheese is sold mostly in Jamaica.

Tastee Cheese

It's not Jamaican Easter without canned, processed cheddar cheese.

Pysanka Museum

Kolomyya, Ukraine

Pysanka Museum

Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.