Sunday, September 12, 2010

Following Up on the Pizza

As you know, I'm not a pizza connoisseur, but my husband from New York fancies himself one. Rule #1, New York style (thin crust) is the only acceptable style of pizza. Ever. It also has to have decent cheese, that doesn't congeal into funky blobs. (Sorry, Godfather's. You know I love your thick crust and cheese globs. I'm from Kansas, after all.)

#2 (and I agree with him here), the mushrooms and green peppers cannot come from a can. I mean, I'm all about the occasional black bean from a can, but peppers and mushrooms need to be fresh.

#3. Sauce is not sweet. Sugar should not be on the list of ingredients in the sauce. It should taste tomato-ey.

Unfortunately for him, Connor has less than high brow pizza tastes. In fact, Connor's absolute favorite pizza is that Mama Celeste pizza for one that grocery stores practically give away every few weeks, probably just so they can turn their inventory over.

However, despite their very different tastes, there is a local joint that can serve them both, without causing Ed to turn up his nose, and without causing Connor to refuse to eat it. And now you can try it at a big end-of-summer event.

Head on out to zPizza on Tuesday, September 14.But before you do, click that link and get a $5 off coupon!



Between 4:00 and 7:00, the Alexandria location (6328-C Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA 22306; (703) 660-8443) will be handing out free samples. While there, you can ask the director of training all those hot pizza questions you've been curious about, but didn't know who to ask. Like, oh, I don't know, what is the preferred method for getting that perfect crust - tossing or rolling?

Elaine

P.S. Here's a tip from Ed. zPizza tastes best fresh. Eat it right away rather than stashing it in your refrigerator and pretending you still live in college by serving it to yourself for breakfast the next day.

But don't take it from Ed. Go to the event and let blogger extraordinaire, Janine, let you know all about the pizza. She's the one who tipped me off about this event.

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