Why No Russian Easter Is Complete Without Kulich — Easter

While pastel-colored eggs and chocolate bunnies set the stage for Easter, a step into your local bakery or a scroll through Instagram or Pinterest will most likely bring you face-to-face with another edible tradition: Easter bread.

The sweet treat figures into many cultures' celebration — and one Google search will have your mouth watering over its many shapes and forms. You will find glistening British hot cross buns, dove-shaped Italian colomba, and braided Greek tsoureki, to name a few, and that the Eastern Europeans offer their own delicious dizzying array too.

As you scroll through these breaded twists and birds, there's one eye-catching version that will stand, quite literally, above the rest: spectacular, towering Russian kulich.

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