New adventures in eating pizza
By Irene C. Perez
Comfort food warms the heart and fills the tummy. It may be a pizza with the works or mud pie with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
Comfort food warms the heart and fills the tummy. It may be a pizza with the works or mud pie with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
Italian mobster Carlo Gambino has quite a reputation, having led one of the infamous crime families in his homeland and New York.
Pizza is one of the greatest food inventions since bread. It was originally baked in mud ovens by the ancient Mediterranean folk, among them the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians, who seasoned the bread with olive oil and topped it with native spices. It soon made its way to Italy where the topping of tomato sauce was introduced by the creative cooks of Naples. It can be said that its history is as old as the church, too, because the first documentation of pizza went as far back as 997 AD in the Italian town of Gaeta, where it is said that a bishop required a tenant to give him “duodecim pizza” or 12 pizzas every Christmas day and another 12 every Easter Sunday.
Chef Alexander Lichaytoo Tanco prefers simple, easy-to-prepare food when cooking for his girlfriend, Liz Yap.
We all go through an intense pizza craving every once in a while. Well-traveled connoisseurs don’t just settle for any pie—they long for the real, mouthwatering New York/Sicilian experience, which a good majority sadly haven’t found in Manila yet.
Pizza is comfort food meant to be shared with family and friends, and often, it requires a consensus on which one to order. Ham, salami or bacon? Meatless? With or without onions or pineapples? Extra cheese? With all the works? There is a certain thrill—and challenge—in choosing the perfect set of toppings that would make [...]
Just when its owners, led by home accessories designer Rene Alcala, were beginning to build a regular clientele for Oma Restaurant and Bar in Quezon City, a road-improvement project that took nearly forever to finish came into the picture to ruin the momentum. Alcala and his partners had no choice but to close shop and [...]
MAKE PIZZA What: Make pizza with your kids. How: Making your own pizza is easy, even if you aren’t a pro in the kitchen. Head to the supermarket and buy pizza ingredients. Bring your kids—shopping for toppings is half the fun. If you’re willing, let them choose even unconventional toppings. Go home and make pizza. [...]
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