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Oct 11 2012

How Pizza Works!

50 min 3 movies discussed
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Sure it's everywhere and there's a more-than-90-percent chance you eat it once a month. But we'll bet you don't know the full history of that pizza (or tomato pie) you're about to chow down on. Join Chuck and Josh as they explain it to you, bite by bite.

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Josh and Chuck dive into the delicious and surprisingly complex world of pizza, tracing its journey from ancient flatbreads in Greece to the peasant food of Naples and eventually to American pizzerias. They explore everything from the essential ingredients that make great pizza dough to the fascinating regional variations like New York's thin crust versus Chicago's deep dish, plus some wild international toppings that might surprise you. Along the way, they share plenty of pizza preferences, debate what actually counts as "real" pizza, and serve up some mouth-watering statistics about America's pizza obsession.


Movies Discussed

Gilligan's Island
Gilligan's Island
1964
★ 7.4
"Gilligan's Island was so round. — Josh references the fictional island from the TV show while discussing whether acres can be round." — Josh
Hell's Kitchen
Hell's Kitchen
2005
★ 6.8
"which apparently is affiliated with the guy from Hell's Kitchen. Oh, yeah. Shot it down. Yeah. Yeah. Gordon Ramsay. — Josh mentions Gordon Ramsay and his TV show while discussing an expensive pizza at a Vancouver restaurant." — Josh
License to Drive
License to Drive
1988 1h 30m
★ 6.6
"The only time I've ever seen Shakies was in the movie licensed to drive with the two quarries. — Josh mentions seeing the pizza chain Shakies depicted in this movie while discussing the history of pizza chains." — Josh

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