Entries tagged with 'Obituaries'
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Totonno's Joel Cimineri Dies
A sad bit of news to wake up to: Joel Cimineri has run out of dough for the last time.Brooklyn's legendary pizza man — who manned the oven at Totonno's in Coney Island and famously closed for the day if he ran out of dough — died this week from diabetes. He was 59.A Brooklyn legend, Cimineri not only helped keep alive a pizza-making tradition dating from the turn of the 19th century, but with every thin-crusted pizza he made, he stood up against fast-food culture."We live in a Burger King world of 'Have it your way,' " said Dick...Today Is A Dog Day Afternoon
words by seltzerboy .::. This item is a bit of stretch, but somehow it seems appropriate for a compendium of New York pizza—a fixture of city life—to search for a link to note the death of radio legend Scott Muni (right) earlier this week. After all, listening to his show was a slice of life here, so to speak. Very recently, I happened to watch the Sidney Lumet film Dog Day Afternoon again. The film recounts an incredible bank heist in 1972, when a couple of guys’ robbery attempt turned into an all-day affair for the employees and customers—and for all...Slice is part of the Foodblog Ad Network. To advertise on this site or across a network of food-related weblogs, click here.
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