Entries tagged with 'VPN'
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DRAFT: On VPN Pizza: Same Same But Different, and Good But Not GREAT
[ DRAFT: NOT READY FOR PUBLICATION ] After trying five West Coast VPN pizzerias in five days, along with the two I have tried in New York City, I've come away with mixed feelings with regard to the genre. On one hand, they all begin to blur together. I found that, with a couple exceptions, there is very little difference in quality or flavor from one VPN pizzeria to the next. In that sense, you could say that the VPN governing body has accomplished its goal. It's now possible to visit VPN pizzerias in New York City, Seattle, San Francisco,...Naples Comes to Seattle
The inaugural Neapolitan Pizza Forum will be held in Seattle June 24–29. Why Seattle, you ask? Well, there are several similarities between Naples and Seattle that make this city an ideal choice for VPN Americas' initial pizza convention. First of all, the skylines of both cities include a magnificent yet ominous volcano looming in the distance (Mount Vesuvius and Mount Rainier, respectively). Another shared geographical feature is that both of these busy ports are anchored in a magnificent bay. But from a culinary perspective, both Naples and Seattle are world-renowned for their inspired coffee and seafood, and most important,...Chicago's Spacca Napoli: Good But Not Great
Spacca Napoli 1769 West Sunnyside, Chicago IL 60640 (map); 773-878-2420; spaccanapolipizzeria.com Pizza Style: Neapolitan, as verified by the VPN Oven Fuel Source: Wood, of course I wanted to love Spacca Napoli. I really did. Having taken massive amounts of grief for allegedly dissing deep dish Chicago pizza by characterizing it as "at best, a good casserole" in my book Pizza: Slice of Heaven, I was hoping to swoon over Jon Goldsmith's VPN-certified pizzeria in the Windy City and put Spacca Napoli in my pizza pantheon. The friend I met there, Andrew Huff, founder of Gaper's Block, compared Spacca Napoli...It's Not Pizza Napoletana if You Don't Follow the Rules
Photograph from stu_spivack on Flickr Pizza Margherita will now be recognized as a "regional specialty" in Naples by the European Union under its official name, the Pizza Napoletana. This means anyone claiming to sell a Pizza Napoletana must now adhere to the rules of what constitutes a Pizza Napoletana, as conceived by the Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana (the True Neapolitan Pizza Association): The diameter must be no more than 35 cm (14 inches) in diameter and no thicker than 1/3 of a centimeter at its center The tomato base must be made from the San Marzano variety of tomatoes...Chicago Pizza Goes Thin
SPACCA NAPOLI PIZZERIA Address: 1769 West Sunnyside Avenue, Chicago IL 60640 [map] Phone number: 773-878-2420 Website: spaccanapolipizzeria.com Hours: Lunch, W-Sat., 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dinner, W-Th., 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., F-Sat., 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Sun., noon to 9 p.m. An interesting story in the "Good Eating" section of the Chicago Tribune today about the Windy City's Spacca Napoli, complete with recipe. The piece touches on the Neapolitan pizza trend that's sweeping Chicago (as it has in New York, Phoenix, and San Francisco), namechecking a handful of thin-crust Italian-style pizzerias that have opened there in the last...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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