When most people think of Chicago pizza, they think of the deep-dish pies with cheese on the bottom. But the best pizza restaurants in Chicago make all kind of pizza. You’ll find organic, designer pies with gourmet pizza toppings, Neapolitan pizzas baked in wood-fired ovens, and square-sliced tavern-style pizzas covered in Italian sausage. No discussion [...]
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If you’ve been to gourmet pizza restaurants like Pizzeria Mozza in Los Angeles or Co. in New York, you’ve probably seen the term “salumi.” But since the word has come into fashion only recently, you may not know exactly what it means. Salumi is Italian (it’s the plural form of salume), but it’s not a [...]
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Nothing makes a pizza more Italian than authentic Italian meats. Since tomatoes and mozzarella are a given, it’s meat pizza toppings like pancetta and proscuitto that can really boost the flavor of an Italian-style pizza. Not long ago, it wasn’t that easy to find these products. But these days, many grocery stores like Fresh and [...]
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