A favorite tri-colored treat, traditionally made in honor of the Italian flag, gets a stylish update incorporating all the colors of the rainbow
Samantha Zola is obsessed. « It’s baking. It’s what I do, it’s what I love, » she said. Three years ago, she started Zola Bakes, built on just one photogenic product: a stylish new take on an Italian-American green, white and red favorite. « The rainbow cookie, traditionally, it looks like the Italian flag, right? » asked New Yorker contributor Kelefa Sanneh. « Right, yes. But we decided to make a pink-orange-yellow cookie, a green-blue-purple cookie, » said Zola. « Rainbow cookies should be colorful. They should incorporate every color of the rainbow. » Zola grew up in New York, the world capital of rainbow cookies. « It’s a very dense cake, which makes it seem like a cookie, » she said. While rainbow cookies are in supermarkets and Italian bakeries across the country, she sells hers online.
