In an annual Eastertime tradition, Rev. Giuseppe Esposito blessed several baskets of food Thursday at City Seafood and Steak House. Dousing the baskets with Holy water, he read passages from the Book ...

Dousing the baskets with Holy water, he read passages from the Book of Blessings ... be used only for the Easter meal,” recalled Mercuri, who has kept the food blessing ritual for 36 years.