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History Through Travel in Mark Rotella’s Memoir Stolen Figs

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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 | 1,371 views

Mark Rotella's Memoir Stolen Figs

Mark Rotella’s memoir is not entirely focused on food, but it does speak to the Italian American immigrant experience.

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The History of French Bread Pizza

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Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 | 2,895 views

french bread pizza made with old bread

French Bread Pizza is often associated with Stouffer’s, the frozen food giant that helped popularize lasagna. French Bread Pizza followed a few years later. Stouffer’s launched the product in 1974 with an eye toward pizza ovens, then an increasingly popular home appliance.

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What Do Pants Have to Do With Pizza?

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Tuesday, June 21st, 2022 | 2,014 views

Pants and pizza come together to make calzone

You might be wondering what a pair of pants and a pizza has to do with calzone.

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The Largest Pizza In America

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Thursday, March 17th, 2022 | 8,072 views

a chart of pizza sizes from the New york city standard pizza slice to Koronet, to D.C. Jumbo slice, and the Super Size slice from Yonkers and also Toronto

Neapolitan pizzas have always been small. These pizzas are typically about 10 to 12 inches in diameter. Traditionally these pies are served whole, although in modern restaurants, some Neapolitan-style pies are cut into 5 or 6-inch slices, intended to allow customers to share.

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The Pasta That Killed An Elephant

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Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 | 1,166 views

On Christmas Eve, 1952, Remo, the Rome Zoo’s two-year-old elephant suddenly died of a heart attack.

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