Black & White Cookies

a classic NYC cookie

There are some things you just don’t “get” unless you were born in New York—for me that’s the true measure of a native New Yorker. I don’t care if you’ve lived here for 20 years, post-college—nothing can compare to growing up there.

Anyone who grew up in NYC in the 70s was weaned on black and white cookies. I’m not sure I can say the same of today’s gen…