Wednesday, December 23, 2009

In Pittsburgh, cookies are a wedding tradition

It was probably Italian and Eastern European immigrants who brought this tradition to their new home and it stayed, like many old traditions do. A good idea to me, I love cookies. - - Donna Poisl

PITTSBURGH — Like brides and bridegrooms the world over, the ones in this city and nearby towns bask in the glory of the white dress, the big kiss and the first dance.

But then, a large number of them happily cede the spotlight to a cookie. Or a few thousand of them.

For as long as anyone can remember, wedding receptions in Pittsburgh have featured cookie tables, laden with dozens of homemade old-fashioned offerings like lady locks, pizzelles and buckeyes. For weeks ahead — sometimes months — mothers and aunts and grandmas and in-laws hunker down in the kitchen baking and freezing. On the big day, guests ravage the buffet, piling plates high and packing more in takeout containers so they can have them for breakfast the next day.
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