Home Slice: OH at My Kitchen Table ... 'What's Burning?'

You know, when I sat and watched Luis Aguilar of Pizzetteria Brunetti make me an amazing calzone last month, I noted how he cut a couple slits in the top. So why in the hell did I ignore my better judgment and not do the same last night? Heck, I even notched the edges of my calzone with the tines of a fork, just as I saw Mr. Aguilar do.

Garrrrgh! I had one extra dough portion left over from Pizza Night, and I was so looking forward to having a homemade calzone for lunch tomorrow. Instead, I got this:

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23 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, June 28, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Tagged: calzones, FAIL, Home Slice

Greenwich Village: The Vesuvio and the Calzone at Keste

To that end, I'd been wanting to try a couple different things here: a weekly special called The Vesuvio (buffalo mozzarella, stracciatella, prosciutto di Parma, cherry tomatoes, and basil) and the "Ripieno," a calzone stuffed with ricotta, fresh mozzarella, salame, and just a smidge of tomato sauce.

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14 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, April 29, 2011 at 1:00 PM
Tagged: calzones, Greenwich Village, Kesté Pizza and Vino, Manhattan, Neapolitan pizza in NYC, NYC, reviews, Slice reviews, West Village

Daily Slice: Calzone at Donatella

At Donatetlla, the dough is really flavorful, the underbelly nicely charred, and crumb stretchy and soft. I'd argue that it's the best part of their pizzas, which is probably why I enjoyed their calzone ($19) so much.

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15 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, April 22, 2011 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: calzones, Chelsea, Daily Slice, Donatella's, Manhattan, NYC

Nick's Pizza, Forest Hills, Queens

"Nick's calzone is the best I've had in the city. It passes the ultimate test: its best version is the 'plain,' or ricotta- and mozzarella-only version, with marinara on the side. The crispychewy shell, smell, flavor, and mouthfeel evoke the fabled mozzarella-in-carozza-envy scene in De Sica's Bicycle Thief. Another big plus is the shape — it's pressed virtually flat, in the classic, homey Neapolitan style. Cannot say enough good things about this dish."

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17 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, April 8, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Tagged: calzones, Forest Hills, Nick's Pizza, NYC, Queens, reviews, Slice reviews

Poll: Do You Like Calzones?

They sort of fall in the pizza-but-not-pizza category. Calzones: Do you like them? Or would you just rather have pizza? »

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15 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 21, 2011 at 9:00 AM
Tagged: calzones, pizza but not pizza, polls

Pizza-Town USA Addendum: Newspaper Review from 1958

Two Fridays ago I reviewed Pizza-Town USA in Elmwood Park, New Jersey. I was just digging through some notes from that when I found Pizza-Town's take-out menu, on the back of which is reprinted the pizzeria's first-ever review, a rundown from the July 25, 1958 edition of the now-defunct Paterson Morning Call. After the jump, that review in full, plus some video from Pizza Town.

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13 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 29, 2011 at 4:30 PM
Tagged: calzones, Elmwood Park NJ, New Jersey, pizza history, Pizza Town USA, reviews, zeppole

Elmwood Park, New Jersey: Pizza-Town USA, 'America's Favorite Town'

Geographically speaking, Pizza-Town USA is located in the State of New Jersey, in Elmwood Park, on the side of US Highway 46, between the Garden State Parkway and the Passaic River. Psychically speaking, it is located in the State of Nostalgia.

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21 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, January 21, 2011 at 8:30 AM
Tagged: calzones, Elmwood Park NJ, New Jersey, Pizza Town USA, Recommended, reviews, Slice reviews, zeppole

Dessert Calzone: Gnocco, East Village

Does Nutella-filled calzone, baked in a pizza oven until molten, topped with a dollop of unsweetened ricotta, count as dessert pizza?

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1 Comment | Posted by Maggie Hoffman, November 19, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: calzones, dessert calzones, dessert pizza, East Village, Gnocco, Nutella, NYC

'Always Hungry' on the Calzone at Nick's in Forest Hills

[Photograph: Always Hungry] Always Hungry is raving about the calzone at Nick's Pizza in Forest Hills, Queens, and it looks pretty good to me: Small or large, the calzone is unlike any other in New York. Choose a filling from the list of pizza toppings. They range from the conventional—sausage and pepperoni—to sun-dried tomatoes, and prosciutto. Outside, its flat crust more resembles grilled cheese than a calzone. Inside, it's totally filled with a soupy, flavorful, nonpareil ricotta accented with melted mozzarella. And the sauce! Sweet and seed-speckled—slightly chunky. Served steaming in a tea cup on a saucer. It's soup-worthy,...

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3 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, April 7, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Tagged: Always Hungry, calzones, Forest Hills, Nick's, NYC, Queens

Dessert Calzone at Toby's Public House

Photograph by Raphael In my Toby's dispatch earlier today, I didn't really go too in-depth with this thing, A.) because it's not pizza pizza, and B.) because it's dessert, but Toby's Public House has an interesting dessert calzone whose innards include ricotta and nutella. You'd think it'd be a bit weird, but it really does work. More on this at Serious Eats New York »...

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7 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, June 30, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Tagged: Brooklyn, calzones, dessert pizza, Greenwood Heights, NYC, Park Slope, Toby's Public House, Windsor Terrace