4 tips for having an eggs-cellent Easter

Eggs, chocolate, hot cross buns and turkey

That Easter bunny is amazingly efficient. With all the hopping from house to house and the hiding of oh-so-many treats it must have taken lessons from Santa Claus.

The question is: How do we emulate that remarkable rabbit in our own preparations for the holiday?

We won't pretend that we can come within a "hare's" breadth of that mythical level of productivity, but we have a few festive tricks to share. Check out these eggs-cellent tips from NAIT culinary instructors.

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How to perfectly boil eggs for decorating

different coloured easter eggs arranged in an uneven row

There's an art to boiling an egg. Or there are steps, at least. Check out these tips from instructor Curtis Jones (class of ’08).


What to know about great chocolate

chocolate easter bunny and smarties

What's palate cling? You don't want to find out. Instead, follow this advice from instructor Norman Brownlee (Baking ’94) when putting in your requests with the Easter Bunny.


Serve a delicious turkey

people raising wine glasses over a roasted turkey in the middle of the table

Make "turkey jerky" a thing of Easters past with this failsafe method from instructor Jason St. Laurent (Culinary Arts '05).


Make (or buy) authentic hot cross buns

hot cross buns in a wooden box decorated with fake birds and flowers for easter

Are those hot cross buns at the grocery store the real deal? Could you actually make your own? Here, instructor and Baking and Pastry Arts chair Alan Dumonceaux (Baking ’05) answers both questions.

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