I handed off some dough and pans to Tim on a corner in Midtown Manhattan this morning. He slipped it in his bag and dashed off to EMILY. This is what he Instagrammed later in the afternoon. We’re on track. Continue reading Test Fire No. 3 at Emily
During our first trial, we were simply testing to see whether we could even cook bar pies in a wood-fired oven. Well, you know how that went. WE COULD. In our excitement at that success, we completely forgot to test MORE THAN ONE pizza at a time. So for Test Fire No. 2, we loaded … Continue reading Test-Fire No. 2 at Emily
We didn’t know IF these pizzas would work in a wood-fired oven. I am cautiously optimistic when I say I think they did very well. Here they are in the order they were cooked. Continue reading Test-Fire No. 1 at Emily
Tufino is one of the few places in NYC making naturally leavened wood-fired pizza. I love Tufino, but I’m also a bit jealous. For years I’ve been saying that Astoria could use a good wood-oven joint. I’d even secretly thought of opening one myself. But, well, look what happens when you don’t act on your … Continue reading #weeklypizzalunch: The Nonna at Tufino in Astoria
One of the best New York–style slices and/or grandma slices in the city. Period. Continue reading OPP: Williamsburg Pizza — pardon my French, but the pizza here is f****** fantastic
[via Instagram] Ate here with one of my longest longtime friends, the artist Justin Baldwin. This place is a Roman-style pizza joint. They have a connection to Gabriele Bonci (of Rome’s famed Pizzarium)—either they’re friends with him or studied under him or what not. Good stuff. This place replaced a branch of No. 28’s Roman … Continue reading Pizza Lunch: My Pie Pizzeria
New Yorkers are known for leaving the city in summer to visit the Hamptons. Here is a case of a Hamptonite visiting, and settling in, New York City.
Pizzetteria Brunetti NYC is the Greenwich Village outpost of the original Westhampton Beach–based Neapolitan pizzeria that my wife and I visited in May 2011. Continue reading “Pizza Lunch: Pizzetteria Brunetti opens location in Greenwich Village NYC”
Franny’s was an immediate success when it first opened on Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue in April 2004. So much so that there were notoriously long waits for its then dinner-only service. The restaurant eventually started lunch service and at some point expanded seating by opening its garden. Not even all those moves did the trick, and the place moved to more spacious digs earlier this year. Continue reading “Pizza Lunch: Franny’s Brooklyn”