Source: Atlas Obscura
St. Joseph, the Biblical foster father of Jesus Christ, has received a lot of honor over the past two millennia. But a bread-sculpted alligator may be a new offering. This particular sculpture is one of the unique ways Italian-Americans in New Orleans have adapted the Sicilian tradition of edible St.
Joseph’s Day altars in the United States.While Catholics across the world observe the feast of St. Joseph, it’s particularly important for Sicilians. Legend has it that in the Middle Ages, Sicilians prayed to St. Joseph to relieve them from a terrible drought. The rains came, and to this day, devotees in Sicily…
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