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 ...

Flavored with vanilla and fresh orange zest, these cake-like ricotta cookies include chocolate chips and chopped pistachios. Ricotta is probably most famous as the mild-tasting white Italian cheese ...

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 ...

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.