Does anyone make better cookies, pastries and desserts overall than the Italians? We don't think so! And bread? Please. 

But here's the problem: Walk into a well-stocked Italian bakery and you're confronted with dozens of different cookies and pastries, many that look alike, many with unpronounceable names. Sfingi, sflogliatelle. Pannetone, panna cotta and panforte. Even Italians, myself included, can get dazed and confused inside your typical Italian bakery.