Palma Delights was one of 40 vendors featured at the Field and Festival Holiday Market.
MINNEAPOLIS — At the Field and Festival Holiday Market in Minneapolis, flavors from around the world are on display. This holiday season, Palma Delights founder and owner Alyaa Sonbol is bringing a taste of the Middle East to Minnesota.
“All of these [desserts] are based off of my background, which I’m very proud of because it brought me to thinking of this and coming up with this idea,” Sonbol said. The full-time architect and mother of two moved to the United States from Egypt at 11 years old.
Sonbol’s vendor stall is filled with a variety of vegan and gluten-free chocolate-covered desserts, which she creates in her home kitchen using various ingredients such as dates, figs and various nuts.
Working around the clock to bring her business to life, Sonbol officially created Palma Delights six …