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Pizza a Metro from “Gigino” The University of pizza The history of the local began in the ’30s, when Gigino Dell’Amura invented “pizza by the meter”. Today Gigino’s son continues to keep alive the tradition of the “pizza by the meter” managing one of the most renowned restaurants in Campania, which was given the title […]

How to build a wood fired pizza/bread oven A wood burning pizza/bread oven is a wonderful addition to any home.  There’s nothing like the taste of fresh crispy bread or pizza cooked in a wood fired oven.  It is certainly a possible do it yourself project too.  Here is a step by step video of […]

Pizza tossing It might seem like tossing pizza dough is showboating — a fancy way to shape and stretch out pizza dough to fit the pan. But dough tossing isn’t just cool to watch, it’s actually the gentlest way to form a crust. Some pizza manufacturers use a machine press or dough sheeter to form […]

Baci Pizza In 1907, a tiny workshop in Central Perugia was busy making sugared almonds. But that tiny workshop became bigger than its four walls when Perugina’s founders, Giovanni Buitoni and Luisa Spagnoli, made a chocolate confection that could only have been conjured up by two star-crossed lovers. On Valentine’s Day in 1922, inspired by […]