For Maria Bruscino Sanchez, owner of Sweet Maria’s Bakery in Waterbury, growing up in a big Italian family not only meant celebrating the holidays with the feast of the seven fishes, but at least ...

In our humble opinion, a cookie is a beautiful thing, whether it’s intricately decorated with icing or spilling over with melted chocolate chips. But these little jam flower cookies, from the upcoming ...

All products featured on Epicurious are independently selected by Epicurious editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. Photo by ...

Another Ash Wednesday, followed by 40 days of Lenten devotion with fasting and meat-free Fridays, arrives this week with the start of the month of March. But before menus become less indulgent and ...

Ask a random group of Americans about their favorite Italian cookies and their responses, though sincere and ardent, will likely begin to blend into one universal chorus of: “Rainbow cookies…those ...

A recipe requested by my oldest daughter who never asks for a lot of sweets. So when she mentions an Italian almond cookie ...

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 ...

The culinary star of the holiday season is arguably dessert. Often, this time of year doesn’t feel complete until we’ve satisfied a craving for the nostalgic sweets that defined our holiday ...