2025’s Best Bakeries Continued to Get Personal | Eater

"I found Majdal Bakery in Philadelphia to be a small, bright space that charms like home while Kenan Rabah presents flatbreads and pastries rooted in his hometown of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, a region of Syria occupied by Israel since 1967. He serves safeha, fatayer, and basbousa alongside flatbreads topped with kashkawan cheese and halloumi and pockets of dough encasing sumac chicken that are brightened by a dunk in the bakery’s tart secret sauce. Pear fenugreek basbousa balances syrup-soaked semolina with labneh cremeaux, and tahini babka muffins evoke the nostalgia of nut-butter sandwiches, all framed by old family photos that connect the food to a fraught, personal history." - Nicole Fellah