Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Taking a Food Tour in Brookline
Brookline resident Pam Grabowski talks about her experience taking a food tour in her own neighborhood.
In early November, I took Sylvia McCoy’s Burgh Bits and Bites Food Tour (www.burghfoodtour.com) of Brookline. Does it seem strange for a Brookline resident to take a food tour of the Boulevard? Perhaps, but it turned out to be enlightening. I joined Renee & Brian Gilpatrick who recently moved to Pittsburgh from Boston. Corinne Bechtel was our guide for the two hour tour that began at Pitaland. Did you know that Joe Chahine taught French in Tripoli before coming to Brookline where he now supplies the tri-state area with pita bread? He showed us how the machine he ordered from Beirut punches out puck size rounds of dough. Rollers then press the rounds paper thin which are then conveyed to the oven where 1200 degree heat raises the rounds …
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David N. Hommrich
7:11 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I used to travel a lot with my work, and as a result I had the chance to sample Greek food from around the country. You won't find better and more authentic Greek cuisine than "It's Greek To Me" on Brookline. If you haven't tried it, you are really missing out. more ›