Easter Food Traditions In Italy And Slovenia

What does “feast” mean in English?

Rick Steves opens with “a time of family and feasting.” A feast is a big celebratory meal tied to a holiday or special occasion, and the same word works as a verb: you feast on roast lamb. It shows up in set phrases too, like a movable feast and feast your eyes on (to enjoy looking at something).

The episode is a tour of Easter feasts: in Italy’s Marche, troubadours are welcomed with cheese, salami, and wine; in Slovenia, families bless baskets of symbolic foods, including potica, the walnut-and-honey Easter bread shaped to recall a crown of thorns. Learn feast and you’ve got the key word for celebrations across English.