Here is a belated post as it took a while to get this photo. This picture is from Castiglione della Pescaia in Tuscany along the west coast of Italy. We went to visit Pizza Wife #1's cousins and to celebrate her birthday. The weather was really hot so it was great to get out of Rome and do some swimming and work on my German which mostly consists of putting the word "dudelsack" in front of English words and hoping that it works. It worked once and that was good enough for me. As a special treat we got pizza and wine on the beach for dinner which was pretty awesome for me. It kinda felt like it should have been my birthday. I could definitely get used to having more beach pizza.
Cheese pizza
Price 10/10
Service 10/10
Taste 7/10
+1 for being on a beach!
+1 for great company!
+1 for being served on the beach and for a birthday beach party!
Overall 10/10
Greetings to the quest for the perfect pizza blog readers. To you, I am known as pizza wife number 1; the original pizza wife, who cannot satisfy her husband's cravings for pizza and thus, has agreed to share him (at dinner times) with other wives, more up to this colossal challenge. Or, unlike the title of this blog post - I am not quite ready to stop worrying about my waistline just yet :)
Despite John's gross protests, I do in fact dine on pizza with him about once a week. I steer clear of quattro formaggi, as I like a little variety and colour on my pizza :) I hope to therefore bring a different and fresh perspective to this blog. You probably haven't realised this from reading John's posts, but Italian pizza is varied and interesting! You can get a whole array of different vegetables, cold meats, even seafood - and all arranged in the simple yet delicious method that only real Italians can master. Personally, I love pizzas with fresh arugula (rugetta in Roma) or rocket lettuce on top. Mixed with mushrooms (fungi), tomatoes (pomodoro) or salmon (salmone) and cheese, this is a perfect pizza! Below, I am eating the Primavera pizza at Chicco di Grano Pizzeria on Via Del Boschetto 115 (just around the corner from us!). This is a non-cooked pizza, so it's on a foccacia bread (warm, fresh from the oven!), drizzled with olive oil. They then put fresh ingredients on top, without cooking them. The ingredients on the Primavera include tomatoes, artichokes (not in oil, but fresh - so much tastier!), rugetta and black olives, with some fresh slices of Mozzarella cheese. Think of it like a salad (John's reaction is generally: ARGH - not a salad!!!) on a foccacia. I would rate the taste and freshness of this pizza highly, but the overall rating comes down, due to typical Italian service at the restaurant:
Price: 9 euros 9/10
Service: 6/10
Taste: 8.5/10
Overall: 8
After a very long week at work hosting a conference on perennial crops (unfortunately not perennial pizza) I decided that I deserved pizza (because I always deserve pizza). We decided to go back to Chicco di Grano Pizzeria on Via Del Boschetto 115 near our house as it's close by and was good the lst time. It did not disappoint and although it isn't the perfect pizza, it's still pretty great. Service was pretty slow but we weren't in a huge rush so we didn't mind.
Price ~9 8/10
Service 6/10
Taste 8.5/10
Overall 8/10
+1 for being in Monti!
Here was another favourite of mine and is currently in my list for the top 3 pizzas in Rome. Via Della Pace Pizzeria. After the conference finished some of us went out for food and exploring. I showed some of the group Piazza Navona and the area surrounding it. They wanted some good food and this place has that plus a great view. It isn't very Roman styled pizza as the crust is very thick and not burnt at all but it is still great. We only ordered 4 pizzas for 6 people which I knew wouldn't work once they tasted the pizza and fortunately we ordered an extra shortly after taking a few bites. We topped the night off with some great gelato and I think all in all it was a great success!
Pear, Gorgonzola, Mozzarella and Walnuts. So perfect.
Price 10 8/10
Service 8/10
Taste 9.5/10
Overall 9/10
I will be back.
The next blog post will see another guest post and potentially some African pizza!
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