Italian Sesame Seed Cookies (Biscotti Reginelle or Queen’s Cookies) are easy to make. These Sicilian cookies are not too ...

Now that the holiday mode is here (it gets earlier every year), maybe it is time for you to think about your holiday cookies. I start my baking early to ensure that I am not a mad woman by December, ...

I don't care what anybody says, this recipe makes one fantastic cookie, whether you're Sicilian or not! They're super crispy on the outside, moist and figgy on the inside, and bursting with pure ...

Some regions of Italy have a deeper sweet tooth than others when it comes to biscotti. Sicily is one of them, and at Christmastime you can still find those die-hard home bakers who will not let ...

Spread the nuts on a baking sheet and toast them in the middle of a pre-heated 350 degree oven until they are lightly golden and aromatic, 5 - 10 minutes. Set aside & cool. Plump the raisins in some ...

Expressions of Italian heritage this time of year are usually not subtle. It’s the heaping helping of pasta and sauce, the zooma-zooma music of Louis Prima, the St. Joseph’s Day parade filling the ...

Along with the holiday season comes holiday cookie baking. At The Times, we like to offer bakers new additions to their cookie repertoires. Check out, for example, cooking columnist Ben Mims’ “12 Days ...

It wasn’t until the Dicarlo family embraced its Italian heritage in the ’90s that Jimmy’s Food Store transitioned from a generic corner shop to a citywide destination for meatball subs, Brooklyn-made ...