Colomba cakes are shaped like a dove and are the Easter equivalent of panettone - iStockphoto Colomba – no “i”, no “u” – is Italian for dove. It’s the Easter equivalent of panettone, with a similar ...

Abbondanza — Italian for "abundance" — is a bi-monthly column from writer Michael La Corte in which the author shares his tips for making traditional Italian-American recipes even better. For many, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Colomba di Pasqua is a unique, citrus-kissed treat that stands among the harbingers of spring. The bread, formed into a dove-shaped loaf, is common in Italy during Lent, although ...

The quintessential Easter treat in Italy is a dove-shaped sweet bread known as the “Colomba di Pasqua” — or “Easter dove” in English. The fluffy dough can include nuts, chocolates, or candied fruit ...

This is Highly Recommend, a column dedicated to what people in the food industry are obsessed with eating, drinking, and buying right now. But this year I had my first colomba, an Italian yeasted cake ...

The sweet Italian Easter bread, known as colomba, meaning dove, has been flying out of my kitchen for years. It is a traditional yeasted bread similar to panettone in texture and flavor but shaped ...

You can make this traditional and terrific Italian Easter Bread, shaped into a dove (sort of), in time to serve on Easter Sunday. I urge you to start in the next day or so. The bread keeps remarkably ...

It’s not often that an author’s first book becomes an instant classic, but Carol Field’s The Italian Baker (Harper and Row, 1985) did just that. I have baked and baked from her book ever since because ...