Well, it only took me a week, but I've finally processed the photos from last Saturday and Sunday's Pieman's Craft events. You'll find the slideshow after the jump.
The Audience Filters In: Full house, great crowd on Saturday, October 10. Completely sold out. Everyone seemed to have a good time. I hope.
Totonno's Slices: We served plain slices from Totonno's (coal oven) and NY Pizza Suprema (regular gas oven) to serve as comparisons.
Pieman's Craft, October 10: Beautiful day for the event. We were able to keep the doors open and keep the crowded room cool.
Una Pizza Napoletana Jacket: It's Lady Slice's guess that Mangieri hired Bernard Maisner to do the lettering for Una Pizza.
Shooting the Shlice: Anthony Mangieri (former Una Pizza Napoletana), Mathieu Palombino (Motorino), and Ed Levine (Serious Eats–Slice) talk about the pizzamakers' backgrounds and approach to their craft.
Got Wood?: Where there's wood, there's fire. Well, not always, but often.
Oven Check: Palombino checks the fire before beginning Sunday's round of pies.
Something Was Funny: Don't know what though. For two guys who take pizza very seriously, there were a lot of laughs at both talks.
Antipasto: This year's event differed from last year's in that Mathieu Palombino did an appetizer round and dessert. Unfortunately, we went a little long on both days, and some folks in the first day's talk had to leave to make other Wine & Food Festival events. We're hoping to get a longer designated time for this next year.
Lauren Vincelli: There were a number of pizza-bloggers in attendance on Saturday and Sunday. Lauren Vincelli (Pizzalicious) stopped by to visit.
Now We're Talkin': Antipasto served and fire ready, the dough comes out.
Mise en Place: The prep station has ingredients ready for a hot soppressata pie, a filetti (cherry tomato), and a pancetta-brussels sprout pie.
Pizza Blogger: No, that's not just a generic title. This fella goes by "Pizza Blogger" for now. If you recognize him, don't give his name away in the comments. He blogs at Pizza Blogger.
The Pour: A nice glunk of olive oil goes on.
Past and Present: Former UPN owner-pizzaman Anthony Mangieri (foreground) watches Motorino's Mathieu Palombino build up a pie.
Marinara: Mathieu Palombino sends a marinara pie into the Acunto wood-fired oven, recently retiled in black. (Mangieri had it tiled in white with black accents.)
Paulie Gee: If you hang out at Slice even in the least, you'll probably recognize the name Paulie Gee. He's all over the comments. It was nice to see him again at this year's Pieman's Craft.
Pizza Blogger's Homemade Limoncello: Both Pizza Blogger and Paulie Gee brought homemade limoncello that they intended to share on Saturday. But one of the other unfortunate side effects of our overtime was that everyone left before we could bust out this digestivo.
Pieman's Craft, 10/11: Full house. Great crowd.
Adam Lindsley: A Portland, Oregon–based pizza-blogger (This Is Pizza), Adam visited NYC solely for the Pieman's Craft. Pressure. I hope the event lived up to it. Plus, it was his first time in NYC. I told him HE HAD to visit Di Fara on Sunday. Literally HAD to, because he was leaving Tuesday and Di Fara is now closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Hope you made it, Adam!
The Filetti: This was one of the pizzas on the menu at Una Pizza Napoletana. When Mathieu Palombino took over the space, he left it on as a tribute to Anthony Mangieri.
Nick Sherman: A designer, musician, skateboarder, and—wait for it—pizza-blogger (Pizza Rules!), Nick moved to New York City from Boston about three weeks ago. I bet he's stoked for all the pizza here.
Gianluca Rottura: Gianluca runs In Vino Veritas along with his brother. He also maintains the site Pizza & Coffee and is a frequent Slice commenter (nextgospel).
Hot Soppressata Pie: The hot soppressata pie at Motorino is one of my favorites in the city. The use of the spicy cured pork as sort of a high-end pepperoni is awesome.
Whatchu Talkin' About?: I have no idea what they were talking about at this moment, but it looks very animated.
Brooks Jones: Brooks is filming a documentary about pizza, the people who make it, and the weirdos who love it. He blogs at Me, Myself, and Pie.
Winding Down: Palombino and Mangieri get a moment to relax as the dessert course goes out to the audience.
If the Signatures Are Checked: On Sunday, our organized liaison from the NYC Wine & Food Festival had Ed presign the books outside so people could leave quickly and get on to any other NYCWFF events they had planned.
Shuffling Out: A pensive moment as the last of the audience leaves.
Unexpected Visit: A couple of Mangieri's friends from the neighborhood either heard he was back or saw him while walking by. They stopped and caught up. From what I understand, they're either from Naples or Sicily.
"Pieman's Craft, 10/11: Full house. Great crowd." What was the 10th, chopped liver???. And I didn't even know dessert was served until I saw someone else's shot from Sunday. Did we even get dessert?
All of your portrait shots are great Slicemeister. We need one of you.
Mathieu's Fillti is a very nice tribute to UPN. And his Sopressata Picante is THE best in the city.
Great event. Thanks. Just make sure I get dessert next year.
You'd have to take public transportation afterwards if you did. Sorry you missed having some. Hopefully I be able to offer you some in the very near future.
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8 Comments:
Great pictures Adam!
Hope you got to enjoy some of the limoncello :)....there's plenty more where that came from.
Thanks for putting together such a great day and looking forward towards next year.
Pizzablogger at 1:36PM on 10/17/09
"Pieman's Craft, 10/11: Full house. Great crowd." What was the 10th, chopped liver???. And I didn't even know dessert was served until I saw someone else's shot from Sunday. Did we even get dessert?
All of your portrait shots are great Slicemeister. We need one of you.
Mathieu's Fillti is a very nice tribute to UPN. And his Sopressata Picante is THE best in the city.
Great event. Thanks. Just make sure I get dessert next year.
Ciao,
Paulie Gee
pauliegee at 3:41PM on 10/17/09
great shots adam.....!
eat a burger, will ya Ed.......you're wasting away....!
southlake98 at 4:14PM on 10/17/09
My apologies Slicemeister. You did say we were a great crowd on the 10th.
Ciao,
Paulie Gee
pauliegee at 9:11PM on 10/17/09
Is Mathieu adding the Filetti to the BKLYN Motorino too?
I love that pizza.
Prairie at 1:31PM on 10/18/09
Loved checking out all the photos. What a great gathering. Wish I had been there. I guarantee that I would have stayed to sample the limoncello.
climbhighak at 2:44PM on 10/19/09
You'd have to take public transportation afterwards if you did. Sorry you missed having some. Hopefully I be able to offer you some in the very near future.
Ciao,
Paulie Gee
pauliegee at 7:11AM on 10/20/09
Great pics of what was a really terrific event! Thanks Adam and Ed, for putting it together.
shortstop at 9:19AM on 10/22/09