Mind boggling it may be, but Easter is early again this year. It’s Sunday. Yes, this coming Sunday, actually. Which, when you dare think about it, leaves practically no time at all to explore ...

As we are learning, in addition to a wonderful, goes-with-everything white bread, the Portuguese also make a majorly popular, people-pleasing sweet yeast bread. Pao doce is actually its true name, but ...

Forget chocolate bunnies, colored eggs or Peeps. Portuguese sweet bread is something to get egg-cited about during the Easter season. At Tony’s Bakery in Fall River, an area that boasts a hearty ...

Editor's note: This Chef's Secret appeared on Feb.10, 2010. The restaurant has since closed. Gina Dias just had to write to me after visiting Cattails City Grill in East Providence, first with her ...

For the holidays, why not give a gift that tastes like a cloud? Portuguese Sweet Bread may be as close as you can get, according to Marilynn Brass, one-half of the cookbook duo the Brass Sisters. Like ...

It doesn’t get much better than indulging in Portuguese Sweet Bread, according to A. Silva of St. Augustine, Fla., who wrote, “My aunt had the recipe, but she is not well and I cannot find it. I would ...

Vicenta Barajas of Murrieta also was looking for a Portuguese sweet bread recipe that came from the Merced Sun Star. The recipe contained cardamom. Francie Rollins of Sacramento received this recipe ...

Her father calls her “a woman of war,” but Michelle Rioux admits she has nothing on her parents, especially around Easter. Portuguese sweet bread, a staple in Portuguese bakeries and markets in the ...

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