Alice Anthony, the company’s owner, learned to make pita bread growing up in a small Lebanese village ... up to 720 six-ounce bags of chips a week and 150 containers of cheese dip each month.

Make them as big or small as you like ... Move the cooled pita chips to an airtight container or ziplock bag. They should keep for about a week.

Serve creamy avocado hummus with pita or tortilla chips and a platter of vegetables, spread it on toast for breakfast, or in a sandwich instead of mayo. Spoon leftovers into a container ...

NEW YORK — Stacy’s Pita Chips, which was acquired by PepsiCo, Inc. in 2006 for $250 million, has been a leader in the pita chip category. Now there is Zesty Z adding zest to the category.