The simplicity of pistachio, honey, sea salt speckled with tiny bits of candied ginger come together in honor of a great yet simple man, Benedetto Manasseri, an Italian Moor and patron saint of Catholics of African descent the world over.  For several centuries, From the early ninth century through the late eleventh century, the Moors, originating from North Africa, exerted considerable influence on the development of the Italian Peninsula and left a lasting legacy across Italy and the Iberian Peninsula, encompassing modern-day Spain and Portugal, which they called Al-Andalus.