One A Penny, Two A Penny: Fun With Food — Good Friday Style

Preparing hot cross buns…

Holidays, festivals, and food are inextricably entwined throughout the world and this is certainly true of Easter.

In New Zealand, we follow the British and European tradition of Hot Cross Buns on Good Friday and chocolate Easter eggs on Easter Sunday.

When I lived in Sweden, semlor (plural), a cardamom (and often orange peel) bun filled with cream and marzipan filling was traditional between Shrove Tuesday (its alleged origin) and Easter. A rich chocolate cake was a...