Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe
Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe, Cambridge will be offering an assortment of hand-made Easter baskets while supplies last. In addition to our amazing selection of Easter candy locally sourced from near and abroad, we have many ingredients for the perfect Easter meal, pink Himalayan salt, mint sauce, rosemary jelly, French truffles, lavender sugar to name a few.
Cardullo’s brings Easter direct from Italy to our store for all to delight in: chocolate eggs filled with toy surprises and the traditional Easter cake, Colomba, in the shape of a dove made once a year by artisanal bakers. Enjoy this cake made out of a bread like dough and studded with candied fruit, washed with sugar and candied almonds–Buona Pasqua.
We are featuring a full selection of estate grower champagnes!
Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe, 6 Brattle Street, (617) 491-888, www.cardullos.com
Finale Desserterie & Bakery
Finale will be offering 20% off Easter and Passover bakery items:
Easter menu (April 8th)
Razzmatazz Cake, Blueberry Cheesecake, Key Lime Tart, Fruit Tart, Strawberry Bavarian
Passover menu (April 5th – April 14th)
Motzah Crunch Decadence, Raspberry Cream Cake, Chocolate macaroons
Finale Desserterie & Bakery, 30 Dunster Street, (617) 441-9797, www.finaledesserts.com
Grafton Street Pub & Grill
Grafton Street will be offering the following specials:
Parisian Gnocchi, pea tendrils, shiitakes, lemon butter, parmesan 18
Rosemary Roasted Leg of Lamb, red potatoes, carrots, roasted olives, red wine reduction 22
Smoked Salmon Fritatta, fingeling potatoes, spring onions, ricotta, simple greens 13
Ham & Eggs, two sunny side eggs, country ham, red eye gravy, cheddar mashed potatoes 16
Grafton Street Pub & Grill, 1230 Massachusetts Avenue, (617) 497-0400, www.graftonstreetcambridge.com
Harvard COOP
Easter Storytime & Egg Hunt Saturday, April 7 @ 2:00 PM
2:00 PM: Storytime & Snacks
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM: Easter Craft & Coloring & Snacks
2:30 PM All children ages 1 to 3 with a wristband will gather & parade to our EASTER EGG HUNT location
3:00 PM All children ages 4 to 6 with a wristband will gather & parade to our EASTER EGG HUNT location
Children Ages 1-6 – ALL children participating in the Easter Egg Hunt must check in on the lower level to receive a wristband at least 15 minutes prior to their age group’s start time. This is one of our most popular events of the year – for safety & to ensure that as many children as possible can participate in the fun, we appreciate your cooperation!
Harvard COOP, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue, 617-499-2000, store.thecoop.com/
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Amazing Eggs on Display at Harvard Museum of Natural History
Get ready for Easter by exploring theHarvard Museum of Natural History to find a stunning display of egg diversity, showcasing specimens of living birds that range in size from the tiny hummingbird egg the size of a coffee bean at 0.03 ounces to the 3.3-pound ostrich egg. See the champion of all eggs, the basketball-sized egg of the extinct elephant bird, as much as seven times bigger than the ostrich egg, or equivalent in volume to roughly 180 hen eggs.
Why did birds develop different strategies in egg size? A larger egg, favored by ground nesting birds, means more nourishment for the young. It requires a longer incubation time, but develops young that can begin to move and eat right after hatching. The largest egg compared to the size of the bird is the kiwi bird, native to New Zealand, whose egg can weigh 20 percent of the weight of the female. Other birds have a different strategy, laying smaller eggs yielding young that are helpless and dependent on parental care.
You can also find some intriguing rabbits in the museum, including a New England cottontail in New England Forests, and a Marsh rabbit and Eastern cottontail in the Great Mammal Hall, underneath the huge Right Whale.
For Easter weekend, April 7 and 8, those with Bank of America credit cards are admitted free to the museum through the BoA’s Museums on Us program (which gives cardholders free admission to 150 select museums across 31 U.S. states for the first full weekend of every month.)
In addition, all Massachusetts residents are admitted free, with ID, from 9 am until noon on Sunday mornings. Harvard Museum of Natural History is on the historic Harvard campus, 7-8 minute walk from Harvard Square.