I just returned from a very interesting trip to New York City, where I was fortunate enough to participate as a judge for an international pizza-making contest. While several of the pizzas were quite interesting (or at least unique), what I found most revealing were the comments of my fellow judges and the audience. It [...]
The most frequently asked question in the pizza world is “What type of oven should I use?” In Naples, of course, they will tell you that you can only bake an authentic pizza in a wood-fired oven, preferably constructed by the cousin of the guy who is answering the question. Naturally, new world pizza purists [...]
It happens just about every time a group of pizza fanatics get together to share their favorite food. Somebody asks for “a pie with everything”, and the purist in the bunch sniffs, “That’s not a pizza. The only true pizza is the pizza margherita!”
Well, like all things Italian, the rules are, let’s just say, open [...]