Cookie Table, The: A Steel Valley Tradition

Everyone loves cookies, but the people of the Steel Valley take this love to another level. Nowhere else in America will you behold hundreds—or even thousands—of cookies piled high for events of all kinds. This is the regionally famous cookie table. But how did this tradition start? Why do residents of the Pittsburgh and Youngstown areas always create them not just for weddings but for birthdays, graduations, fundraisers, community events, and so much more? ...