The fact that something is known by many different names is usually a testament to how long that thing has been around. Pizzelle (pronounced These Italian cookies were an ever present feature at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're at longtime "Ciao Italia" TV cooking show host Mary Ann Esposito's Durham, NH home on Columbus Day, you'll find her ...

As soon as I hit my mom’s front door, I smelled them. The anise aroma in the air gave it away. My mother was inside making her famous pizzelles. There are only three times each year I can count on ...

This elegant dessert showcases a mild anise-flavored pizzelle cookie crust with rich cheesecake and glossy candied orange slices. The perfect ratio of cream cheese, sour cream, and eggs yields a ...

Each December, Jane Ramee opens her house for the Stitchy Fingers monthly meeting, normally held at Mes Amis quilt shop in New Orleans. The members, who sew for themselves and for local charities, ...

I loathe hard cookies. There's just no point to them. If a cookie could be confused with Civil War hard tack, I throw it out. That's why I love the ricotta cookie. It is soft, sweet and can be frozen ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Every office has them. And every office is particularly nice to them this time of year: Those folks who have a way with a holiday cookie and a love of ...

The fabulous baker has done it again! Dorie Greenspan, author of 11 cookbooks has just delivered her newest baby: Dorie’s Cookies (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), a fabulous collection of 170 mouth ...

Christmas isn’t Christmas without pizzelles. Traditionally, the thin Italian waffle cookies are flavored with anise seeds, but I have found that many people dislike the flavor. I flavor mine with ...