Westport Pizzeria introduced me to pizza. That is the simplest way to say it, and perhaps the truest. We had just arrived from France, my family and I, new to the country and still finding our footing. Someone took us to a small place on Main Street in Westport,...
Pizza is probably the world's most popular food. Becoming a paid "pizzaiolo" only came recently due to a change in jobs. At my last workplace for a private member's club, I experimented with pizzas as a passion, baking pies for staff meals and special events for...
My Instagram feed has a variety of followers. A fellow by the name of Bun had a profile photo that caught my eye. It's of Passalaqua Cafe, which is one of my go-to places for Napolitano cafe. It turned out that Bun is manager and pizzaiolo at Savoy Azabujuban's...
It's time for my kitchen's annual spring Spring Fling. This year we'll feature pizza. Previously, I have focused on sourdough pizza crusts. This time I am trying a poolish-based cannoto style dough. It makes for a shortens the window, cutting out minutes...
Neapolitan pizza has its myths, methods, diameters and hot temperatures. So recently I heard about a derivative dough called canotto ("dinghy"), something I learned more about via Salvatore Lionello. His shared formulas on Youtube are straight forward though...
Poolish (or sponges) is made from equal parts flour and water, along with variable amount of either yeast or sourdough. Lately I've started using it for breads and pizza. It's worked particularly well for pizza. I took cues from Salvatore Kosta at Foorn. I...
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