Regional Pizza Styles on Slice
Check out Adam Kuban's staggeringly brilliant post on Slice on regional pizza styles. The map alone is worthy of a minute of your time.
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Recently in the Serious Eats Family
Here are some posts you may have missed this week from the Serious Eats family:
- Ed Levine's New York Eats: Lucali's: The Warm Glow of a Wonderful Pizzeria
- Slice: 'Oprah,' Pizzeria Bianco, Google, and Slice: A Closed Loop
- A Hamburger Today: White Manna in Hackensack to Appear on Food Network
- Slice: Openings: Zero Otto Nove
- A Hamburger Today: Jess & Jim's Now Serving Steakburgers
Slice Gets a Redesign
Serious Eats's pizza site, Slice, gets a redesign. With new maps, easier navigation, and an overall cleaner, crisper look.
BREAKING: Health Dept. Closes Di Fara Pizza
Noooooo!!!!!!
Slice reader Gabriel S. just emailed me: "Went by Di Fara looking for a slice today and saw that they were shut by the board of health yesterday. Do you have any details?"
I just called Dom DeMarco proprietor of legendary Brooklyn pizzeria Di Fara. He was at the restaurant, and he confirms that the Department of Health has closed the place "for little things."
"They say I've gotta wear gloves now—and a hat," Mr. DeMarco said. "It's all little things, like everybody else."
Despite the crap news, Dom seemed pretty chipper, taking things in stride. "I'd only wear a hat if I were bald. I'd rather pay the fine than wear the hat."
Mr. DeMarco estimates he'll be open again for business by Tuesday.
"I think it's their way of forcing me to take a little break," he said, jokingly.
Related: Latex Gloves in the Professional Kitchen? from the Serious Eats Talk section.
Edibles: Stockholm Slices
Hey, Serious Eaters! Adam Kuban here. In today's installment of 'Edibles,' I join Ed to chat about the wait at popular Brooklyn pizzeria Di Fara, where word is that line time is running upward of two-plus hours.
MENTIONED IN TODAY'S 'EDIBLES'
David Rosengarten on Di Fara (and Franny's)
The Stockholm Syndrome: (Etymology: from a 1973 robbery attempt in Stockholm, Sweden, during which bank employees held hostage developed sympathetic feelings toward their captors) the psychological tendency of a hostage to bond with, identify with, or sympathize with his or her captor. [Merriam-Webster]
"Stockholm Syndrome itself is most commonly perceived to occur with hostage situations, with the logic behind developing this relationship with an abuser or captor is in the interest of self-protection. This development occurs when there are perceived threats of violence, disempowerment of the subject, high levels of stress or trauma upon subject, and ultimate dependence upon the person in control for base survival." [serendip.brynmawr.edu]
DI FARA PIZZA
Address: 1424 Avenue J, Brooklyn NY 11230 [map]
Phone: 718-258-1367
Further reading: All Slice's Di Fara posts [Slice Archives]; Back to Di Fara [Word of Mouth]
MORE 'EDIBLES'
Palapa Azul Mexican Ice Cream [Monday, January 22, 2007]
All Edibles
Scandalous Admission from Pizza Blogger
Just when you think you know someone. Slice/Serious Eats pizza fiend Adam Kuban throws us for a loop in a FoodCandy.com interview: "Um, I've got to admit that I don't really mind pineapple on a pie. In fact, I order it quite a bit because 'Girl Slice' really likes pineapple."
What do you think about pineapple on pizza?
Pizza Is the Reason for the Season?
'Fesser of The Gurgling Cod received this flyer in the mail. Talk about the crass commercialization of Christmas.
JESUS [The Gurgling Cod]
Belly Buster Challenge in Santa Clara, California
Could you eat an entire 20-inch pizza by yourself? With two toppings? What if it guaranteed you free pizza for a year? Blogger Bear Silber reaches for the eye of the tiger:
The Pizza and Pipes Belly Buster challenge was a success. A few men set out to make history, two became boys while one became a legend. What exactly is the Belly Buster challenge you ask. Simple, it’s a 20” pizza that must be consumed in one hour or less by one individual. To date many have tried but none have been victorious. The Hall of Shame is filled with Polaroids of individuals who’ve attempted to conquer the Belly Buster while the Hall of Fame lay bare.
Did Mr. Silber succeed? You'll have to read his post to find out.
Belly Buster Challenge [Bear Silber]
Photograph from Bear Silber's Flickr photostream
