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New Haven-style pizza is a style of thin-crust, coal-fired Neapolitan pizza common in and around New Haven, Connecticut. Locally known as apizza (; from Neapolitan , ), it originated in 1925 at the Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana and is now served in many other pizza restaurants in the area, most notably Sally's Apizza and Modern Apizza. This pizza style has been favorably regarded by national critics. What makes New Haven-style pizza distinct is its thin, often oblong crust, characteristic charring, chewy texture, and limited use of melting cheeses. It tends to be drier and thinner than, but closely related to, traditional New York–style pizza, both of which are close descendants of the original Neapolitan pizza. Classic types In a New Haven-style pizzeria, a classic or "plain" pizza is a crust, oregano, tomato sauce, and a little bit of grated ''pecorino romano'' cheese. A New Haven–style pizza without extra toppings may also be called a "tomato pie". Mozzarella is cons ...
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Sally's Apizza
Sally's Apizza is a pizzeria in the Wooster Square neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. Sally's Apizza also has locations in Stamford, Connecticut, Fairfield, Connecticut, and Woburn, Massachusetts. Fare Sally's serves New Haven-style pizza, New Haven-style thin-crust apizza, which is baked in Coal-fired pizza, coal-fired brick pizza ovens. By default, a New Haven pizza is a "plain" pizza topped with only tomato sauce and Parmesan. Sally's is a small restaurant, and patrons must often wait in line, sometimes for hours. History The restaurant was purchased for $500 in 1938 by Filomena Consiglio, sister of Frank Pepe, who was the owner of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, another Wooster Street pizza restaurant. Sal Consiglio, a son of Filomena, ran it until his death in May 1989. His wife Flo died in September 2012. While their children Richard and Robert still operate the restaurant, they sold it to an unnamed buyer in 2017. In 2021, a second location was opened in Stamford, ...
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Modern Apizza
Modern Apizza is an American pizza restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut. Along with Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana and Sally's Apizza, Modern forms what is informally referred to by locals as the "Holy Trinity" of New Haven-style pizza; the three pizza parlors are consistently ranked by food critics as some of the best pizza places in the world. History Originally called State Street Apizza,Ed Levine (2005). ''Pizza: A Slice of Heaven''. Universe Publishing Modern Apizza was founded in 1934 and has been in the same location ever since. Unlike Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana and Sally's Apizza, the other well-known New Haven pizzerias, Modern Apizza is not located on New Haven's famous Wooster Street but rather on nearby State Street in the East Rock neighborhood. In 2011, the restaurant was visited by Adam Richman on the first episode of the Travel Channel show '' Man v. Food Nation''. Specialties Like the Wooster Street pizzerias, Modern serves New Haven-style thin-crust ...
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New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 135,081 as determined by the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, New Haven is List of municipalities in Connecticut, the third largest city in Connecticut after Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bridgeport and Stamford, Connecticut, Stamford, the largest city in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, and the principal municipality of Greater New Haven metropolitan area, which had a total population of 864,835 in 2020. New Haven was one of the first Planned community, planned cities in the U.S. A year after its founding by English Puritans in 1638, eight streets were laid out in a four-by-four Grid plan, grid, creating the "Nine Square Plan". The central common block is New Haven Green, the New Haven Green, a square at the center of Downtown New Haven. The Green is n ...
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Gorman Bechard
Gorman Bechard (born March 15, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter and novelist best known for his independent feature films '' Psychos in Love,'' '' Friends (with benefits),'' and '' You Are Alone''; his four rock documentaries '' Color Me Obsessed: A Film About the Replacements,'' '' What Did You Expect? The Archers of Loaf Live at Cat's Cradle,'' '' Every Everything: The Music, Life & Times of Grant Hart'', and '' Who is Lydia Loveless?''; his animal welfare documentary '' A Dog Named Gucci''; and his debut novel ''The Second Greatest Story Ever Told''. Early life Bechard was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, to Gorman "Gary" E. Bechard Jr., a bar and restaurant entrepreneur, and Lucille Claire Bechard. Lucille died when Bechard was 10 years old, so he and his sister Deborah were raised by his grandparents, William and Claire Roberts. He also has two half-brothers, Thomas and Sean. Bechard graduated from Holy Cross High School in Waterbury. While in high school, ...
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Coal-fired Pizza
Coal-fired pizza is a pizza style in the United States. New York–style pizza and New Haven–style pizza are often cooked in coal-fired pizza ovens. A coal-fired oven can reach and cooks a pie in two to five minutes. Pizzerias outside of the Northeastern United States that feature coal-fired ovens are uncommon enough to be noted in travel guides: for instance, Black Sheep Pizza with the first coal-fired oven in Minneapolis, or URBN in San Diego. As of 2007, coal-fired ovens were quite uncommon in the Western United States with only five others west of the Mississippi: four in an Arizona chain and one more in Las Vegas. The growing popularity of coal-fired pizza in the 2010s was identified as a major market for anthracite coal suppliers, most of whom are in Pennsylvania's Coal Region and generally see a declining market due to demand for alternate industrial and home heating fuel sources. Health concerns Concerns have been raised about particulates, sulfur dioxide Sulf ...
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Pizza In The United States
Pizza was introduced to the United States in the 1890s along with waves of Italian immigrants who settled primarily in the larger cities of the Northeast, such as New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Baltimore. Pizza and pizzerias rapidly grew in popularity in the late 1940s. During the latter half of the 20th century, pizza became an iconic food with considerable acceptance in the United States. Numerous regional variations have evolved, with many bearing only a casual resemblance to the Italian original. Pizza is a popular item produced by many small restaurants as well as several large pizza restaurant chains. The United States pizza restaurant industry was worth $37 billion in 2015. History Pizzerias in the U.S. opened in New York City's Little Italy in 1894, 1903 and 1905, producing a Neapolitan-style pizza. Other early locations included San Francisco, Trenton, Boston, Baltimore, and New Haven, Connecticut. The word ''pizza'' was borrowed into English in the 1930s; b ...
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Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, commonly known as Frank Pepe's or simply Pepe's (), is a pizza restaurant in the Wooster Square neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, at 163 Wooster Street and originator of New Haven-style pizza. Opened in 1925, it is one of the oldest and best known pizzerias in the United States. It has now expanded as a small, family-owned chain, with several other locations in the Eastern U.S. Frank Pepe Frank Pepe (April 15, 1893 – September 6, 1969) was born in Maiori, Italy, and immigrated to New Haven in 1909 when he was a teenager. He worked alongside other Italian Immigrants in Wooster Square in local factories, such as Sargent & Co., a manufacturer of locks and hardware.Interview with Francis Rosselli, September 2023 During World War I, Pepe returned to Italy to fight for his native country.Ed Levine (2005). ''Pizza: A Slice of Heaven''. Universe Publishing, He was honorably discharged from the Italian Army on February 25, 1919. On September 27 ...
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Pecorino Romano
''Pecorino romano'' (; ) is a hard, salty Italian cheese made from sheep milk, often used for grating over pasta or other dishes. The name ''pecorino'' means 'ovine' or 'of sheep' in Italian; the name of the cheese, although protected, is a description rather than a brand: 'formaggio''''pecorino romano'' means 'sheep's heeseof Rome'. Although this variety of cheese originated in Lazio, most of its actual production has moved to the island of Sardinia. ''Pecorino romano'' is an Italian product with name recognised and protected (PDO) by the laws of the European Union. ''Pecorino romano'' was a staple in the diet for the legionaries of ancient Rome. Today, it is still made according to the original recipe and is one of Italy's oldest cheeses. On the first of May (May Day), Roman families traditionally eat pecorino with fresh fava beans during an excursion in the Roman Campagna. It is mostly used in central and southern Italy. Overview A cheese variety of what might b ...
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London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ...
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Mark Iacono
Mark Iacono (born November 24, 1966) is an American pizzaiolo, who founded the pizzeria Lucali in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn in 2006. He has received national recognition for his restaurant and has since expanded to several locations around the country. Early life Mark Iacono was born and raised Brooklyn. When he was young he did not focus on cooking, but said his grandmother was an amazing cook and was an inspiration for him to become a cook. Restaurant business Prior to starting Lucali, Iacono worked in construction and focused on granite and marble fabrication. Iacono rented out a candy store he frequented in his youth located on Henry St in Brooklyn. Iacono wanted to keep a local pizzeria. Other than his grandmother, Iacono said that Domenico "Dom" DeMarco of Di Fara Pizza was another inspiration for him. He watched Dom take pizza to the next level. Iacono says when he started the restaurant with no experience, never having made a pizza in his life. In 2011, Iacono was inv ...
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David Chang
David Chang (; ; born August 5, 1977) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, podcaster, and television personality. He is the founder of the Momofuku restaurant group. In 2009, his restaurant Momofuku Ko was awarded two Michelin stars, which the restaurant retained each year until its closure in 2023. In 2011, he co-founded the food magazine ''Lucky Peach'', which lasted for 25 quarterly volumes into 2017. He is known for hosting television series about cooking and food, such as '' Ugly Delicious'' (2018), '' Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner'' (2019), '' The Next Thing You Eat'' (2021), and ''Dinner Time Live with David Chang'' (2024–present). Early life and education Chang was born in Arlington, Virginia to Woo Chung Hi "Sherri", born in Kaesong, and Chang Jin Pil, later Joseph P. Chang, born in Pyongyang. Chang's parents emigrated from Korea as adults in the 1960s. Chang grew up in Vienna, Virginia, with two older brothers and one sister. As a child, Chang was a co ...
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Ugly Delicious
''Ugly Delicious'' is a non-fiction original series on Netflix combining travel, cooking, and history. Each episode highlights one dish or concept, and explores how it is made in different regions and how it evolves. The first season premiered on February 23, 2018, with host David Chang. On November 22, 2018, it was renewed for a second season, which premiered on March 6, 2020. The second season contained only half as many episodes as the first, likely due to Chang's increasingly busy schedule and the birth of his first child. Plot Each episode examines the cultural, sociological, and culinary history of a specific popular food. Chang challenges and explores the attitudes in each dish's lore. Mike Hale wrote in his review for ''The New York Times'' that ''Ugly Delicious'' is "an extended television essay, in the form of free-associative, globe-trotting conversations about food and culture." Episodes Season 1 (2018) Season 2 (2020) Reception Critical reviews have m ...
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