As far as New York Jewish desserts go, perhaps the most ubiquitous is the black and white cookie, that soft, sweet, frosted treat found at bakeries and bagel stores throughout the city.

Of all the cookie ideas, the most fitting to represent New York City is a black and white cookies recipe. Though the cookie’s ...

“New York Sketches,” a new collection of E.B. White’s musings about New York City, offers two pleasures ... down the street is “a sturdy black animal with an idiot love of life.” ...