Italian rainbow cookies are generally referred to by several different names — Italian flag cookies, Napoleon cookies, seven-layer cookies, seven-layer cake, tri-color cookies, or Venetian cookies.

My birthday is on July 3. I always thought the Fourth of July fireworks were just for me. And every year since I can remember I’ve had a "flag cake" to celebrate: a basic vanilla boxed cake ...

Especially popular are the tricolored or “rainbow” cookies that resemble the Italian flag. Red, green, and white thin layers are somewhere between cake and sugar cookie texture.

Her first pop-up was in November 2023 with the rainbow cookies front and center alongside other Italian American cookie favorites like powdery wedding cookies, biscotti, amaretti and Tremonte’s ...