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Originally posted by fabulousoyster

For New York I would suggest Caraway Seed Cookies which the dutch brought over and were popular in Brooklyn, or the Blackout Cake made famous from the blackouts or Nesselorde Pie which no one makes anymore.

Caraway Cookie? Never heard of it. I think the NY State Cookie should be the "Black and White" cookie. (Sold in Germany as the "American").

Blackout Cake = Ebingers.
Nesslerode = somehow I remember that…