Many celebrants of Greek Easter play a game called tsougrisma ... Here's how to make brilliantly red eggs. Combine dye or food coloring, 6 cups of warm water, and the vinegar in a glass jug ...

The vibrant red color of the Easter eggs is no accident. In Greek Orthodox tradition, red symbolizes the blood of Christ shed on the cross. The hard shell of the egg represents the sealed tomb of ...

Mahlab is a spice made from ground cherry stones and, along with piney gum mastic, gives this Greek Easter bread ... the top of the bread with egg wash and push the coloured eggs into the bread.

Red eggs (the red symbolising Christ’s blood) spell Easter to every Greek person. So adorning a tsoureki (or Greek brioche) with them is like putting ornaments on a Christmas tree: without them, it’s ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder where all the brightly coloured eggs we enjoy at Easter come from? Visit the first German museum dedicated to the festive eggs to learn their backstory. The Osterei ...