Pasticceria Natalina

Description
Start with the savory items if you must—you won't regret digging into the fantastic arancini or the fiercely herbal mint-and-pea fazzoletti. But the focus of this Sicilian bakeshop is desserts like the sfogliatelle cookie (delicate layers of pastry encase orange-kissed ricotta); the cuccidatti butter cookie packed with figs, walnuts and cloves; ricotta-filled cannoli; and the barca di crema, a square of puff pastry filled with cream and topped with amarena cherries that are so intoxicatingly delicious you'll swear they've been soaking in liqueur. Beware that the shop closes early if the day's supply runs dry.