A new PBS show called A Little Bit of Brooklyn, that presents the borough's cultural nuggets, premieres today on WLIW. Hosted by Cobble Hill foodie Terry Corraro, the first episode features the Gubernats, a Polish family from Greenpoint, who keep their cultural traditions alive each Easter by carving a lamb out of butter, baking a lamb-shaped cake, making intricate paintings on eggs with wax, and cooking up a fine feast of white borscht. Greenpoint is home to the second largest Polish population in the United States (the largest is in Chicago). But as the Brooklyn Paper reported earlier this month, the neighborhood is quickly getting caught up in the trend toward homogeneity.
Corrao's family once owned the Chicago-based Stevenson Pie Company, which had a factory in Long Island City. The host of the new show counts 65 different ethnic enclaves in Brooklyn, and hopes to be able to create many more episodes. Better get those cameras rolling.
A Little Bit of Brooklyn airs on WLIW today at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.
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