Cantucci, a form of biscotti, is a crunchy almond cookie that is almost impossible to stop eating. For the full experience, ...

Almond paste cookies are a holiday staple among the many Italian, Jewish, Polish and German bakeries in upstate New York, where I was raised. I have long been a fan of almond paste cookies in every ...

This pignoli cookie recipe also comes from Italian tradition: translating to “pine nuts” in Italian, these chewy almond ...

Whether you call them rainbow cookies, Neapolitan cookies, or tricolore cookies, we think you’ll agree that they make any cookie table special. These Italian-American cookies have a subtle almond ...

Make your holiday special with these Italian Christmas cookie recipes that are just like Nonna's. When I took Italian in high ...

Q. Two years ago you featured an almond paste cookie with a dollop of chocolate. It was wonderful! Now that I’m starting to bake my favorite cookies, I can’t find the recipe. Would you please help me ...

Renowned chef Lidia Bastianich was one of the first television chefs to make Italian-American cuisine approachable for viewers. Today there’s nothing the TV host, restaurateur, and author loves doing ...

As I look back through the last four and a half years of Food Fare columns I’ve written, there is one topic I’ve covered in one way or another every year — holiday cookies. That’s because this is one ...

Now that Gruttadauria's Bakery has closed in Greece, and is heading for California, its loyal Rochester customers are bemoaning the loss of their favorite baked goods. The Italian cookies. The rainbow ...

This story was originally published in 2017. Does anyone make better cookies, pastries and desserts overall than the Italians? We don’t think so! And bread? Please. But here’s the problem: Walk into a ...

Almond paste cookies are a holiday staple among the many Italian, Jewish, Polish and German bakeries in upstate New York, where I was raised. I have long been a fan of almond paste cookies in every ...