This luscious (and filling) pie, stuffed with meats and cheeses, is served by many Italian Catholics at noon on Easter Saturday to mark the end of Lent and break the six-week fast. PITTSBURGH — For ...

For many Italians, the 40-day Lenten season is punctuated not by sweets but by a smooth, bright-white cheese that comes in white plastic containers. It's called basket cheese — formaggio da pasta ...

PITTSBURGH — For many Italians, the 40-day Lenten season is punctuated not by sweets but by a smooth, bright-white cheese that comes in white plastic containers. It's called basket cheese — formaggio ...

Edited version of a story f\irst published Saturday, April 11, 2009: Chocolate Easter bunnies are good. But this year I'd rather have cheese in my Easter basket. A recent discovery for me, basket ...

Giuseppe Argentieri, owner of Peabody’s Mozzarella House, grew up eating a fresh cheese called primo sale vaccino (vacca means cow in Italian). Tender, mild flavored curds are drained in a basket — ...

Anyone who has been to Frigo’s at 90 William Street in Springfield knows that the specialty shop filled to the brim with Italian provisions can be a tight squeeze on a good day. Once the holiday ...