STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Hankering for sfogliatelle? If you're from Staten Island or Brooklyn, you have come to love these flaky, crackling Italian pastries wrapped around a ricotta cheese-based ...

If you like crisp, flaky pastries, you’ll love sfogliatelle. At Italia Bakery & Deli in Granada Hills, the clam-shaped Neapolitan pastries are formed of strips of filo dough rather than ...

the fine architecture of the numerous crisp-baked layers will explode under your teeth. The volume of the crunch is staggering. It sounds like something is tearing inside your head. Sfogliatelle ...

Namely, sfogliatelle. A successful sfogliatella—the clamshell-shaped, baked ricotta–filled pastry associated with Naples—is a creature borne of patience and balance. Producing its crunchy ...

An Italian delicacy, sfogliatelle originated in the Campania of Italy in the 17th Century. They usually resemble a seashell or “lobster tail” shape at the conclusion of the baking process ...