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Pizzaholism, Defined

Posted by Adam Kuban, August 7, 2006 at 11:58 AM

We received this email from reader Chris P. last week. We think it sums up the Slice ethos while diagnosing a nasty but tasty condition that had previously been hidden right under our noses (or maybe we were just in denial). --The Management

Yes, gentleman, it is true: We have a disease: pizzaholism.

Personally, I think it is genetic. I inherited my pizza-eating compulsion from my mother, who at least has the self-restraint to only eat it once a week. A "weekend warrior" she is. But alas, self-restraint was not part of the DNA package I receieved from her half of the family.

My name is Chris, and I have a pizza-eating problem (applause).

So it is with great joy that I have discovered Slice. Finally, I can share the details of my daily
longings for the freshly grated Parmesan and deeply blackened crust of Di Fara, or the razor thin crust and mathmatically perfect distribution of sauce and cheese at Patsy's.

As a born and bred New Yorker, I have been eating pizza for as long as I can remember. I didn't really begin to discriminate until I was about 16, when I started frequenting Joe's to the exclusion of local spots on my way home from school in the West Village. Since then it has been a slow but steady climb to pizza connoisseurship.

There are a lot of people who love pizza. In fact, I would venture to say most people, in their heart of hearts, do love it. But there are a few for whom pizza is not just a favorite food, but something of a religion. A food above and beyond all other foods; a perfect food, and also the quintessential New York fast food (if can you call DiFara's fast).

I like your site so much I'm going to submit a review for a pizza place that has not appeared on your site. It's on the Upper West Side, not too many people know about it, although it is deservedly very popular with the local residents.

But I have to go back there and do some more research first.

Keep up the good work,
Chris

As for the mystery site on the UWS? We dont know. I guess we'll have to wait for Chris's report.

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