EASTER & PASSOVER 2006

This year these two religious holidays are occuring within a week of each other: Easter is on Sunday, April 16 (Orthodox date is April 23), and Passover begins on the evening of Wednesday, April 12. There is even more overlap this year when taking into account the fact that Passover lasts about a week and Holy Week (culminating in Easter) also starts this week on Sunday, April 9. In fact, the Last Supper was supposedly a Passover Seder.

Food is an important part of both days:

Passover Recipes
Kosher Cooking
Recipezaar
Kosher for Passover
All Recipes
Angel Fire
Food Network
Epicurious

Easter Recipes:
Epicurious
All Recipes
Recipezaar
Razzle Dazzle Recipes
Land o' Lakes
Food Network
Mr. Free Free (links)

Some thing for the kids to do for these holidays:

Passover Crafts/Games
Kids Domain
DMOZ (links)
Billy Bear 4 Kids
Pesach Games
Torah Tots
Angel Fire

Easter Crafts/Games
DLTK
Billy Bear 4 Kids
Kids Domain
Primary Games
A Kid's Heart
Black Dog
Family Fun
Rexanne's (links)
Fun Munch
Woman's Day
DMOZ (links)

The Youth Department has many story and picture books available concerning Easter and Passover, most of which are on display now. There are also some related cookbooks available at the Elk Grove Library:
Matzah Meals: A Passover Cookbook for Kids (2004) by Judy Tabs and Barbara Steinberg (J 641.5676 TAB)
A Passover Holiday Cookbook (2002) by Emily Raabe (J 641.5676 RAA)
The New York Times Passover Cookbook: More Than 200 Holiday Recipes from Top Chefs and Writers (1999) by edited by Linda Amster (641.5676 NEW)
Let My People Eat!: Passover Seders Made Simple (1998) by Zell Schulman (641.5676 SCH)
Passover Desserts (1996) by Penny Wantuck Eisenberg (641.5676 EIS)
An Easter Holiday Cookbook (2002) by Emily Raabe (J 641.568 RAA)
Easter Treats: Recipes and Crafts for the Whole Family (1998) by Jill O'Connor (641.568 OCO)
Easter: A Spring Celebration of Traditional Crafts and Recipes (1994) by Tessa Evelegh (745.5941 EVE)
Easter Cooking (2003) by Rebecca Gilpin and Catherine Atkinson (J 641.568 GIL)