Dan Pelosi famously loves a holiday cookie swap. On his Instagram account, @grossypelosi, and personal website, the recipe developer has chronicled many of his cookie parties over the years, during which he rolls brown butcher's paper atop a large table and invites guests to drop by with their treats, open-house-style. Some of Pelosi's cookie recipes - like for a fig-filled Italian classic cuccidati - landed in his 2023 cookbook, .