In Italy, Easter comes a close second in the list of most loved celebrations after, needless to say, Natale. Both rooted in religious tradition, they are the apotheosis of Italian spirituality, heritage and, of course, food. 

Easter is a movable feast, so it doesn’t fall every year on the same day as Christmas does, but we don’t really care: long gone are the days when bishops and popes would fight over the correct way to calculate Easter’s date, we just want to open up the windows and let the spring come into our sitting rooms.