Pizza: Trial and Error



A slice of good NYC pizza can make your day, no matter how bad of a day it was. One of the blogs I follow is Serious Eats  (because food to me is really serious!) has a piece on Forcella, a traditional Neapolitan pizza eatery in Williamsburg, BK. I cannot wait to head over to my old haunts - yes I am a Brooklynite :o) and have the so deliciously described deep fried crust  known as the Montagnara. Now I've had some good  and bad pizzas in the tri-estate area as well as on the motherland (Italia). But until I can make my way to Forcella, and decide for myself if its worth a 2nd trip; here are a few of my all time favorite locations:

Margherita with Pepperoni @ Grimaldi's in Brooklyn is worth the long lines.. even in winter!
www.grimaldis.com



Thin crust, dried tomatoes, mushrooms, & pine nuts from Star Tavern in East Orange NJ.
Even my non-pizza eater of a husband can't deny is out of this world!
 www.startavern.net/

The Capricciosa: Red sauce, fresh mozz di bufala, thinly sliced sardines, & topped with prosciutto
would make me take a flight straight to Il Peperoncino Dispettoso (Roma, IT) in a heart beat!
www.ilpeperoncinodispettoso.it 

Pizza by the Kilo is considered street food in Italy. I cannot remember the name of the place we got the above, however is right across from the Vatican museum. Its the 1st one you see on your right once you enter the street. We got a bit of our top favorites: the porcinni & cream, eggplant & pecorino, fresh mozz & tomatoes. & it only cost under $10U.S