A final treat in Pittsburgh was Fontinella cheese purchased in the Strip Saturday with breakfast. This cheese has great flavor and a real pleasing texture. It is not your typical supermarket cheese, and enjoying it makes me wonder why we so often settle for easy-to-find, no shopping involved grocery products.…
This picture doesn't do justice to the seafood you can find at Wholey's [http://www.wholey.com]. Taken today with Monkfish for only $9.98 a pound and Pike for about the same. If we weren't planning a family outing to an Eastern European…
Most of these posts were made after I got home and put the phone on charge. I can't share lunch at Pamela's [http://www.pamelasdiner.com], Mon Aimee Chocolat [http://www.monaimeechocolat.com], frothy hot chocolate at La Prima [http://laprima.com] (sorry Starbuck's…
Almost forgot to post the first snap I made when I got to the Strip. When you're in Pittsburgh, it's hard to forget that you're in Steeler territory. I had too much pride to snap the derogatory T-shirts about Cleveland many vendors were displaying.…
Mung bean pancakes on Penn Avenue have been my favorite down here for years, and they're still good. I was a little surprised to see this gentleman making the pancakes. Has he replaced the woman who worked here for years?…
After a layoff of nearly four years, I'm going to visit the Strip in Pittsburgh this morning. It's an area full of food and craft shops. I used to look for candy, coffee, cookies, imported cheeses and groceries, seafood, and snacks of all sorts here and…