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'Philadelphia Inquirer' on Stephen Starr's New Pizzeria Stella

Apologies in advance to The Illadelph, whose summary of this interesting piece of pizza journalism I'm basically aping here. But the 'Delph has deftly picked out the major points of this piece from Rick Nichols of the Philadelphia Inquirer, and I'm not sure any astute pizza nerd would blockquote anything different. So here goes. Regarding restaurateur Stephen Starr's new Pizzeria Stella in the City of Brotherly Love, it appears that the various pizza tours Starr and associates went on weren't for naught. They combined a number of details from different pizzerias to come up with something familiar yet different: The...

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General Tso Conquers Pizza

Fortune Cookie Chronicles New York Times reporter Jennifer 8. Lee, an obsessive of Chinese food culture, reveals that the legendary General Tso is now dabbling in pizza-making. A reader of her Fortune Cookie Chronicles blog sent her a photo of a menu at a Philadelphia Chinese restaurant that features "Chinese pizza." You can order your pie with General Tso sauce, sesame garlic sauce, or hoisin barbecue. This is funny because—and I may have told this story before; bear with me—a Chinese translator I know once had to translate some documents for a Chinese restaurant trade association. There was a...

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Stephen Starr's Philadelphia Pizzeria to Be 'Brooklyn-Style'

Radio station KYW uncovers some new details on Philadelphia restaurant mogul Stephen Starr's impending pizzeria: "I've been wanting to do pizza for a long time because I usually do things that I want. And I can't get really good pizza here in Philadelphia, so I'm just doing what I want to eat!"..."It's going to be real thin-crust, Brooklyn-style pizza, which you'd think is served here but it's not. Here it's just thick, doughy pizza. We're doing a lot of research on this." Tentative name: Pizza Select. Starr is shooting for a fall opening. [via The Illadelph]...

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Leftovers: The Day's Stray Links

Top Pizzaiola: Top Chef's Stephanie Izard makes a pizza at Spacca Napoli. [via MenuPages Chicago] Obama's Fave Pizza from SF: Little Star's deep-dish was inspiration for St. Louis pizzeria that served prez's pizza dinner. [SF Chronicle] First-Rate Tosser: Profile on a Florida dough-thrower. [Orlando Sentinel] CHI - Gino's North: Daniel Zemans and his crew hit one of the Windy City's cheesy institutions. [Chicago Pizza Club] NYC - Openings: New Carroll Gardens wine bar with wood-fired pizza. [Eater] Philly - Rumor: Is restaurateur Stephen Starr gearing up to open a pizzeria at 2nd and Lombard? [Foobooz via Illadelph] SF -...

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That's Amore: Super Special Gigantor National Edition

In which Slice wades waist-deep into the plaintive muck of Craigslist's Missed Connections in search of pizza-related longing. So come with me, my love, to the swamp of love that spawns this That's Amore. —The Mgmt. New York City Dean & Vanderbilt 10pm-ish: Woman in red t-shirt with pizza - m4w - 28: When you entered my field of vision I stopped in my tracks. The way you came around the corner with that pizza balanced so perfectly on your right hand while you didn't simply walk, but traveled with speed, grace, and style was a breathtaking sight. Simultaneously, a...

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