Remember when I said I was a pasta snob? Well, that goes for pizza, too.  Are you surprised?

Sounds simple enough…dough, tomato sauce, mozzarella, right? Yes & no. Pizza has become a craft, an art…a cultural movement if you will. The ingredient list might sound simple, but there are tons of  styles & many different theories related to the preparation of this dish. I can’t help but favor the Neapolitan style the most, though.

Naples is a rough place. I’m not saying that the mafia runs the place, but I’m not saying that they don’t. One thing the city has down pat, though, is their pizza. They even have an organization (Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana) that regulates how it’s made giving only the true pizza Napoletana a DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata) status. Needless to say, these people take pizza very, very seriously. As do I.