If you purchase a bag of California Lavash from the local Safeway and later find yourself marveling at the flatbread's fluffy composition, simplistic goodness and straight-from-the-oven freshness, it may not come as a surprise: This standup addition to the Garlic Capital's roster of "made in Gilroy" novelties was baked less than a few miles away.
Milias Restaurant on the corner of Monterey and Sixth streets serves the Afghan Noor with its dips. Mr. Falafel in Morgan Hill flies through about 1,200 of the original flour wraps in a week. And the Gilroy Garlic Festival's latest addition to Gourmet Alley – the Surf & Turf Festival Wrap – comes enveloped in the flavorful garlic-infused Pizza Lavash.
"Whatever you put in it, the simplicity of this product allows those flavors to come out. The bread itself is a palate; an empty canvas," said Rosette Eshoo, the personable matriarch of the family-run business that's been around for the better part of two decades.
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