The cheesecake at Oakmont Bakery deserves its own paragraph, its own chapter, possibly its own book. It strikes that perfect balance between dense and light, rich and not-too-sweet. The texture is ...

Stuffed peanut butter cookies with raspberry glaze. Credit: Comfort Food with Spencer Watts Silvia Colloca shares a recipe for these Italian ... be Christmas without these semicircular fig-filled ...

From the classic double-baked biscotti to a mountain of bite-sized, honey-covered fried dough balls know as struffoli, Italian sweets have always been a Christmas staple for my Italian family and ...

As for the famous Italian Christmas ... early morning holy communion on Christmas Day, many Greeks go home for an all-day eating fest, says Loi. Homemade honey cookies with walnuts or almonds ...

There are numerous Christmas ... baking cookies for Santa, opening one present before going to bed, or eating a specific meal for dinner. The Feast of the Seven Fishes — in Italian “La Vigilia ...

Other popular Christmas biscuits include powdered-sugar-covered, nutty, buttery Swedish crescents, Russian tea cakes, Italian and Mexican wedding cookies ... of a jam-filled, lattice Linzer ...

These bite-sized cuties are made with ground hazelnuts and filled with a dollop of dark ... (via Saveur) These Italian Christmas cookies are made of a chewy almond base and topped with pine ...

A cookie box filled with a wide assortment ... but they'll still be welcome in any Christmas cookie exchange. Get the Italian Rainbow Cookies recipe. Originally served at weddings (to symbolize ...

Dolci Sapori, which means “sweet flavours” in Italian, also sells the nougat confection called toronne, which is more well-travelled than the Christmas cookies. In Spain, the candy is called ...