This is part 2 of Legends of Pizza, Volume 3
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Evelyn discusses how pizza came to the United States
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She explains how she gained her knowledge about how to make pizza
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Who was the very first pizzaiolo in the United States
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Why bread baking is closely related to pizza making
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How U.S. pizza is different from Italian pizza
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What is the "Lombardi Formula"
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What did Evelyn learn from the Jerry Totonno and Jerry Lombardi
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How the skill of pizza making "flowed out of Lombardi’s and Totonno’s fingers"
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How to "listen to the dough"
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Why the Italians give their dough a "rest"
Great blog Al. Evelyn provides a terrific history of pizza in America.
The first pizza in America description makes me think of when my mom made spaghetti sauce we would take a slice of bread and spoon sauce onto the bread. It was simply delicious.
Oh yeah, love the pizza boogaloo music.