Serendipity had the pleasure of meeting the husband and wife duo behind Baba & Pop's, Katherine and Jeremy, when we catered their wedding in the summer 2013. We have enjoyed following their success and are currently happily sharing our kitchen space with them while Baba & Pop's pierogi are literally flying off the shelves. 

Chopsticks have been dug from burial plots that are at least 3,200 years old. Some surmise that they evolved from a practice of using a wooden stick while cooking on an open fire to prod, stir or move food. It is fairly easy to imagine how a pair of sticks came to be used like tongs.

Spain with a 44 % of market share is by far the most important producer of olive oil in the world. This is more than twice the Italian production and four times Greek production!

 

Pizza was invented in Naples, Italy. There are two classic types of pizza: one topped with a simple red sauce and is called marinara (or rossa) and the other, topped with tomato sauce and mozzarella, is called the margherita after Queen Margherita.