Nicky D Cooks Authentic Italian Cookies Handcrafted Pizzelles

Nicky D Cooks Authentic Italian Cookies Handcrafted Pizzelle are now available in a variety of flavors at the Food Shoppe market in the Squirrel Hill section of the city of Pittsburgh. Nicky D’s Pizzelle are all 100% handmade from scratch and packaged by hand. Flavors include Vanilla Bean, Chocolate and Anise. Specialty pizzelle include white … Read more

Check out Nicky Cooks on Cookspeak

By Nicky D Cooks Please join me this Sunday October 12th at 11am. I am being interviewed by the host of the Cookspeak podcast series Tom Totin.  I will talk with Tom about food, cooking and the fun filled adventures that I had being raised in an Italian American family. Tom Totin has been hosting … Read more

Nicky D. Cooks Serves Up Old World Traditions and Great Food

Nicole Shadel (also known as Nicky D Cooks) wears many hats—mom, wife, domestic engineer, cooking instructor and foodie. The Rhode Island native grew up in a typical Italian-American household. Yes, there were Catholic icons strewn throughout her house—but no statues on the front lawn! Every Sunday, her family had the big traditional Italian dinner which … Read more