PITTSBURGH — As a registered dietitian and public health professional, Mary Miller has long been focused on bettering the well-being of her community. She’s equally passionate about history, especially as it relates to Pennsylvania’s culinary traditions, heritage and agricultural history.
She ran the food tour company A Fork and The Road from the mid aughts to 2016, and also has taught culinary tourism, Pittsburgh food history and food science in Chatham University’s Food Studies program. Back in the “good old days,” the Fox Chapel resident even penned a bimonthly food column in this newspaper for former food editor Suzanne Martinson.
So in her mind, it made perfect sense that the folks at the Pennsylvania Tourism Office might want to curate a food trail offering an immersive look at the state’s unique food culture with visits to local farms, artisan food producers and other food-related businesses. And that she — a born wanderer and food trail veteran who knew all the edible magic the commonwealth had to offer — was the person to help them get it off the ground.
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