Back from Calabria and I wanted to send everyone l’auguri per una Buona Pasqua!  (Best wishes for a very Happy Easter.) Here are a few traditional Calabrian foods we will be eating tomorrow at our house. And here’s a recipe for Fraguni, which are my favorite!  What will be on your menu tomorrow?

I brought back a few special things for a lucky winner from my last post that I chose at random and the winner is Natalie from Love, Natalie. Congratulations Natalie! I hope everyone enjoys the holiday weekend.  Here a few photos from my trip.  I’ll post more soon.

One last look at the Easter goodies until next year. I asked mom why we only made some of these delicious treats during Easter…. and she explained that they couldn’t afford to do it all the time when she was growing up in Calabria and they also took advantage of certain ingredients such as pork meat/sopressata, which they made in the winter months. Made sense then….. but maybe I’ll make it again soon:) Buona Pasquetta!

Ricotta Pie…. SOOOO Good!

Pastiera…. YUM! (both compliments of the family bakers:)

And last but certainly not least….. one of my favorites: Pizza Chena or Pizza Ripiena, Pizza Rustica or as we call it in our dialect Pitta Chena.