{"product_id":"9781477207352","title":"Italian Cookies and American Cookies Also Italian Cream to fill Connoli Shells","description":"My name is Sam Faro. I was born in Catania Sicily.\u003cbr\u003eMy father and my family came to the United Sates when I was only 2 years old.\u003cbr\u003eMy family settled in Lawrence, Massachusetts and my father, who had been a baker in Sicily, was fortunate to continue his trade at a local bakery.\u003cbr\u003eAfter only a few years, he was able to buy that bakery when the owner retired.\u003cbr\u003eWhen I was 9 years old, I began helping my father on the weekends. I became interested in the baking field and learned to mix Italian bread and some pastry.\u003cbr\u003eLife in the bakery was interrupted when World War II broke out. My two older brothers were drafted. And two years after them, I was too. We were lucky and we survived. I served three years in the 15 Air Force and was discharged in 1946.\u003cbr\u003eWhen I got out, I recommenced my baking career and decided to go to baking school to learn more. I graduated from the American Institute of Baking and from the Zenker School of\u003cbr\u003eCake Decorating.\u003cbr\u003eMy efforts to learn paid off and my family was very successful. In the coming years, we were able to expand to a fifteen-truck wholesale bread business and a retail store for pastry and other Italian delicacies as well.\u003cbr\u003eI am retired now and in good health; with time on my hands, I decided to gather some of my cookie formulas (recipes) and assemble them into this book.\u003cbr\u003eIf you have any problems or questions with the formulas,\u003cbr\u003eplease contact me at samssons27@gmails.com","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031325032688,"sku":"9781477207352","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781477207352_p0.jpg?v=1763612481","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781477207352","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}