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World's Best Pizza Not in Italy
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Posted on 04/15/2014 2:22:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Australian pizza is now officially the best in the world. Well, sort of.

Judges at last weekend's Campionato Mondiale Della Pizza (Pizza World Championship) held in Parma, Italy, awarded the world's top margherita pizza title to Australian chef Johnny Di Francesco, owner of the 400 Gradi restaurant in Brunswick, a Melbourne suburb.

Di Francesco, 36, beat more than 600 competitors from 35 countries to take home the Specialita Traditionale Garantita pizza prize in the annual competition.

The win and subsequent publicity has made the small restaurant he owns in his hometown an overnight sensation.

"It's been an amazing reaction," Di Francesco tells CNN. "Honestly, I just went to Naples to do what I love. I didn't think it was going to make such a stir."

"A lot of people think it is easy to produce a margherita but it is one of the hardest (pizzas) to produce," Di Francesco told Australian website Good Food.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: australia; italy; pizza
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To: Osage Orange

Very cool!


81 posted on 04/15/2014 4:35:37 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Billthedrill
major cities here where they know absolutely nothing about pizza. New York and Chicago, for example

You're a brave man!

82 posted on 04/15/2014 4:42:40 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Osage Orange

It was the place to be in the 30’s, but after WWII it was never the same.


83 posted on 04/15/2014 4:44:32 PM PDT by PapaNew
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To: Hammerhead
Atlantic Beach area of Florida mid 1970s.

We had a VI in So Cal that our frat haunted. It was the best Pizza

84 posted on 04/15/2014 4:44:58 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: ExCTCitizen
Pepe’s, Sal’s, or Modern Apizza on Wooster Street in New Haven, Connecticut is my favorite place.

I second your vote. Nothing comes close to Pepe's or Sal's.

Sweet sausage with jalapeno peppers is the official pizza of our clan.

85 posted on 04/15/2014 4:53:07 PM PDT by Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness (Eenie meanie, chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak....)
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To: nickcarraway

Sicilian owned/operated Italian Restaurant in Germany attached to my apartment building.


86 posted on 04/15/2014 4:56:58 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: nickcarraway

Philly cheese steak pizza from Sparkys Place Restaurant in Astor, FL.


87 posted on 04/15/2014 4:59:11 PM PDT by gunsmithkat (There is no such thing as Too Many Guns)
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To: nickcarraway

I haven’t read any comments, so if I’m a like-thinker, let’s have a beer. My comment:

You know what they say about opinions...

...from a likely place, I’d say (down under).

(it’s a joke, Aussie FReepers...lighten up. You dished on my pizza, which is the BEST)


88 posted on 04/15/2014 5:04:23 PM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: ExCTCitizen

Gaetano’s on Tierrasanta Blvd in San Diego.


89 posted on 04/15/2014 5:04:52 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished)
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To: PapaNew

thin / sauce / anchovies and a dusting of romano - well done


90 posted on 04/15/2014 6:18:10 PM PDT by Revelation 911
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To: I cannot think of a name

Thank you for the information. Very interesting. I can remember some disgusting leftovers growing up, too (English, Scottish, Dutch and many others). ;-) American food is now the greatest, thanks to the best from so many other nations.


91 posted on 04/15/2014 6:35:09 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: hinckley buzzard
"They were correct. Pizza originated in China."

Those pizzas could have had some very interesting ingredients. I know all about China from watching old kung fu movies. ;-)


92 posted on 04/15/2014 6:39:10 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wrong. Gentleman Jim’s in Rockville, MD, or Turoni’s in Evansville, IN.


93 posted on 04/15/2014 7:00:26 PM PDT by RightFighter (It was all for nothing.)
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To: OldNewYork

Don’t forget Vienna Sausage on it. :)


94 posted on 04/15/2014 7:01:27 PM PDT by kalee
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To: nickcarraway

Jet Pizza

Aviano, Italy.


95 posted on 04/15/2014 7:03:06 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: Osage Orange

Same for me! and I grew up in NYC!!!


96 posted on 04/15/2014 7:13:52 PM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: AppyPappy

Running a good pizza joint while running from the mob. Mama mia.


97 posted on 04/15/2014 9:02:25 PM PDT by PapaNew
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To: PapaNew

Late 60’s early 70’s


98 posted on 04/16/2014 2:41:44 AM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: AppyPappy

ROFLOL!!!


99 posted on 04/16/2014 2:44:58 AM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: PapaNew

Before my time..............


100 posted on 04/16/2014 2:47:23 AM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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