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Filmmaker Examines New Haven’s Pizza Trinity

by Mark on September 23, 2011

From an article in the New Haven Register: Bechard — a five-time novelist and award-winning filmmaker (last week was the New Haven screening for “Color Me Obsessed,” his movie about the band The Replacements) — is adamant that New Haven’s pizza is the best in the world, and that the city is known throughout the [...]

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Donald Trump’s Many Pizza Gaffes

by Mark on June 2, 2011

Comedy gold as Jon Stewart, on the Daily Show, runs down the list of places that Donald Trump should have brought Sarah Palin on her visit to NY. Jon also turns Italian and goes ballistic over Trump’s breach of pizza-eating etiquette. The Daily Show – Me Lover’s Pizza With Crazy BroadTags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political [...]

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You Like’a Da Sauce, Eh?

by Mark on November 7, 2010

While talking about our cheesy government this morning, Instapundit (Glenn Reynolds) brought up his dislike of the trend of putting too much cheese on pizza, saying “If I wanted cheese toast, I’d order cheese toast.” He quotes somebody else suggesting that, “You can get by with ordinary cheese; you can give people that pillow-soft puffed-up [...]

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New Haven Pizza Wars

by Mark on February 10, 2010

It’s only the customers who fight over who is the best on Wooster Street in New Haven. Sally’s and Pepe’s are the main rivals. Abate’s (a relative newcomer) is included in this video, but I’ve never known them to be part of the debate. Modern Pizza, another New Haven pizzeria that isn’t located on Wooster [...]

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Come one, come all, to see the freakiest pizza from all corners of the Earth!

Good Pizza Should Not Be A Freak Show

by Mark on July 3, 2009

Exhibit A: We went to the Fancy Food Show last weekend, and came across Pizza in a Cone. You might think that at a fancy food show that this might be some kind of treat masterfully put together by a chef from fresh ingredients just presented in a unique way. You’d be wrong. We chuckled [...]

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