Pita is the western name for Arabic bread which Arabs call it also as Khobz ‘adi or Kumaj -a Turkish loanword, it is a leavened wheat flatbread which can be oval or round and different in size, in Arabic cookery almost all the Bread will be flat – even sweet ka’ak which became “cake” in English,the western loaf Breads are described in Arabic cookery as khobz franji which means french Bread becouse it was different as the main used Bread, also grilling whole animals was called Shewaa’ Franji means French Grilling cause normally animals where cut and cooked in pieces – and all this cultural mix came with the crusaders in the 11th Century – thou the latter took more comparing to the Rich Arabic cookery in those times especially.








