"Owned by Abu Mohammed and named after a city in the West Bank north of Jerusalem, Nablus Sweets was founded in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1991. It was followed 10 years later by a Bay Ridge branch. Both specialize in knafeh, a giant orange sheet pastry of shredded wheat and melted cheese invented in Nablus, which exists in several variations, sold by the square or entire pastry. Many other Middle Eastern cookies and pastries are available here, including burma, basboosa, and baklawa." - Robert Sietsema