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81-year-old Patsy Grimaldi may be the last person making pizza today who trained under someone who trained at Lombardi's--the first pizzeria in American history.
Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain is surging in the polls and getting new attention. Sarah Palin has dismissed him as a "flavor of the week." In response, Cain scooped up the ice cream metaphor and ran with it, saying he is actually "Haagen-Dazs black walnut with substance." Huh? Personally, I prefer maple syrup to "substance" as a topping on black
Much is being made over Donald Trump and Sarah Palin's utensil use at their recent New York pizza party. But Trump has committed other pizza sins, namely lending his name to an ad campaign endorsing unthinkable pizza handling. When "Donald Trump" and pizza went through the Google in my brain, it immediately found an 1990s ad Donald Trump did with
Fleeing the Egyptians would have been much more delicious for my ancestors if they had had matzah pizza. Fortunately we have it today, as displayed by Ella (age 9) in Westport, CT. Her siblings Justin (also 9) and Julia also made some. It looks like they took the interesting approach of adding shredded cheddar. Is the tomato sauce straight sauce,
Leftover pizza + leftover chicken parm = happy. Pizza reheated in the toaster oven, chicken parm reheated in the microwave. /dan See the full gallery on Posterous