Eggs are an ancient symbol of new life emerging, which is what Spring and Easter are all about. So here is our compendium of our favorite egg strategies, both to eat and to decorate. Photographer Tessa Traeger took the beautiful image at top; her portfolio of gorgeous egg photographs is, in itself, a wondrous Ode to the egg…
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Easter is next Sunday, and we’re planning on dyeing Easter Eggs, the holiday’s totally fun, messy activity that invariably yields charming results. Eggs become our blank canvas on which to improvise all sorts of gorgeous colors and designs. We love Ambatalia’s post on making your own plant-derived egg dyes out of ordinary foods, like onion skin for…
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With thanks to Nancy Raimondo, who made an egg-decorating table for the children at her Easter dinner last year!
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We read that the decorating of Easter eggs came about in the 13th century, when the church prohibited eating of eggs during Holy Week. They couldn’t stop chickens from laying however. How to identify those “Holy Week” eggs after the fact? Paint em’! Soon the eggs, which were already an ancient symbol of new life…
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