Naples shared its love of pizza and dry pasta with the world many years ago but something got lost in translation. Rather than eat pasta al dente and pizza soft, in the Neapolitan way, foreigners learned to do the opposite. Non-Italians at last discovered the...
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Neapolitan Pizza Master Enzo Coccia Loves Stringy Fior di Latte
Neapolitans may sing the praises of Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP but mostly they eat fior di latte – mozzarella made from cow's milk – on their pizza. Any ambivalence about fior di latte , as opposed to buffalo mozzarella, might have something to do with...
Da Michele’s Master Pizzaiolo Shows His Age
The very first pizza of PizzaTuesday Naples, the young&foodish group tour of the world's pizza capital, was shaped by the hands of Luigi Condurro at the legendary L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele. The master pizzaiolo lightly pinched the corners of the uncooked pizza...
Pizza Fritta Ripieno: A Neapolitan Street Food Classic in the Making
The wall menu at the great Naples pizzeria-friggitoria Di Matteo saves the best for last: The 27th of 27 listed selections is pizza fritta ripieno, a Neapolitan street food classic. The puffy golden saucer of "stuffed fried pizza" is traditionally filled with...
8 Naples Pizzerias in 1 Day & 2 Minutes
On September 25th at 6:10am GMT I flew from London to Naples, Italy. On September 25th at 9pm CET I flew from Naples back to London. I spent the time between trying 16 Neapolitan pizza at eight of the world's greatest pizzerias in the space of 8 hours. To fully...
The Straight DOP on Mozzarella & Margherita
Order a Margherita at the best pizzerias of Naples and you typically get a pizza topped with fior di latte, a mozzarella made from cow's milk. Don't believe any Neapolitan who tells you the only mozzarella his brethren will tolerate on a pizza is from the milk of...
#PizzaTuesday celebrates a taste of Trianon at Santoré
The connection between the London restaurant/pizzeria Santoré and the legendary Naples pizzeria Trianon da Ciro is unsubstantiated and at best tenuous. The quality of the pizza, however, does not lie. Before Crossrail construction extinguished its brick oven and...