Perfect Pear Bistro – Tempe, Arizona
Growing up Catholic, I probably read more about the gods of Mount Olympus than the catechism which taught about the almighty God worshipped at St. Anthony’s in Peñasco. I didn’t hold the gods of Greek mythology in reverence. If anything, I wondered how they could be so peurile and petty. Though also splenetic and petulent, they were very interesting. Perhaps indicative of my future gastronomic interests, I was particularly curious about the foods that were so prominent in Greek mythology. Pears, for example, were sacred to two of the most powerful goddesses: Juno (queen of the gods and marriage) and Aphrodite (goddess of love and beauty. Pears were also prominent in one of my very favorite books, The Odyssey. Growing…