Italian Venetian Easter Sweet Bread: Fugassa Veneta is a complete professional recipe for a tall citrus scented Venetian enriched bread, with wine pairing.

Linzer Cookies Austro Italiani (Austro Italian Linzer Cookies) Two rounds of almond and cinnamon shortcrust, one cut with a small window, sandwiched around tart red preserve and dusted with powdered sugar. The Linzer cookie is one of the best known biscuits in Europe, and in the north east of Italy it has been adopted so completely that many bakeries sell it as their own. This version keeps the sandy, buttery snap of the original and adds lemon zest for lift. Yield: 24 sandwi

Venetian roast duck is built on disciplined rendering rather than a sweet glaze. Duck has long belonged to the cooking of the Venetian lagoon and mainland, where birds are paired with herbs, wine, polenta and seasonal fruit. This preparation perfumes the cavity with sage, rosemary and citrus, then uses white wine to deglaze the roasting pan without covering the duck's natural flavor.