Rum Babà: A Sweet Symbol of Celebration From Europe to Naples, and Now to Via del Dolce
The rum babà, today a beloved icon of Neapolitan pastry, has a story that stretches far beyond the streets of Naples. Surprisingly, its journey begins not in Italy, but in 18th-century France, in the town of Lunéville, where the exiled Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński first transformed the traditional, and often dry, Alsatian kugelhopf. Searching for […]