Traditional St. Joseph's Day fare

[msacuisine]

My partner's family is Italian and I want to start a new family tradition. Our families have all of the other major holidays covered, but I would like to have a big family get-together. From my days in New Orleans, I know that St. Joseph's Day is a big celebration there with Italian families. I would like to bring this tradition to them in Arizona. I know it's a bit early, but I would like to start the meal planning now. Any help you could give about celebrating this holiday would be much appreciated. Recipes are particularly welcome! Thanks in advance.

[SylviaLovegren]

My Italian friends in Hoboken always used to make an enormous savory St. Joe's pie filled with layers of eggs, cheese and salami -- the ultimate not-fasting but feasting food.

[ambra]

My family also made another version with Baccala, onions and olives.

The traditions are different in the different parts of Italy, you might want to narrow down your search to a region.

For example, you'll find Fritelle di Riso in Siena, which are fried balls of 2 day old rice custard and they are absolutely divine.

[heidih]

Here are two older topics about the traditional Zeppole for that feast day:

[SylviaLovegren]

I was curious about my old friend's St. Joseph's pie so I googled a bit. It was very similar to this stuffed torta rustica

http://www.cookaround.com/yabbse1/showthread.php?t=49359

My friend's family was from Calabria.