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Black and White Cookies

Andrea Potischman | Mar 19, 2026

If you’ve ever stood in a New York bakery staring at a black and white cookie, you already know: this is not just a cookie, it’s a philosophy. The black and white cookie traces its roots to the early 1900s, most commonly credited to Glaser’s Bake Shop on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. At […]

Italian Rainbow Cookies

Italian Rainbow Cookies

Andrea Potischman | Jun 1, 2019

Before leaving NY, we lived in Brooklyn, Cobble Hill to be exact, on a quaint treelined street called Clinton.  It was a lovely old Italian area filled with old-school butchers, bakeries, lovely people, and Italian rainbow cookies. Not your typical “cookie” more cake-like, but something I love and have fond memories of.  Brightly colored, almond-based […]

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