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Black & White Cookies!

There are so many deli bakery cookies to choose from, but black and whites, sometimes called "half-and-halfs" or "half-moon cookies," are favorites of almost everyone. Seinfeld famously called them the perfect symbol of racial harmony. That's debatable, but most folks would agree that they are delicious, especially when fresh. And you can try making them yourself too! Or just look for a great Jewish deli!

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    Black & White & Delicious All Over

    Black & White & Delicious All Over

    Seinfeld saw them as a symbol of racial harmony, but sometimes a cookie is just a cookie In my most recent post, we visited a Jewish deli in Palm …

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    Seinfeld - Black and White Cookie

    Look to the cookie Elaine !

    The Black-and-White Cookie's Curious History

    The Black-and-White Cookie's Curious History

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    Eater - Robert Sietsema

    No pastry — except perhaps the cheesecake — is more closely associated with New York City than the black-and-white cookie. This flattened dome of fine-textured cake, with a coating of chocolate and vanilla fondant bisected in the middle to keep the flavors apart, is really not a cookie, but a "drop …

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