09-04-2015, 10:42 AM
A fork is required for Neapolitan pizza? Maybe if you totally suck at eating pizza. And yeah, I'm speaking about pizza literally in Naples. It doesn't require a fork unless you're a defeatist.
Anyway, sure, on some level every thing is different from every other thing. But the differences between Chicago and NY/Italian pizza are far larger than the differences between NY and Italian pizza (or between Italian pizza for that matter, though I've spent little time in Italy south of Naples). The only difference that I think matters at all is that most American places, even if they're using wood-fired ovens and ingredients as close as possible to Italian ones (though that's a losing battle) still put way more toppings on the pizza, both in quantity per and in number. I've never seen any pizza place in the US where the most complicated pizza has like 2 toppings and I can't remember any place in Italy with pizzas that had more than 2.
Anyway, sure, on some level every thing is different from every other thing. But the differences between Chicago and NY/Italian pizza are far larger than the differences between NY and Italian pizza (or between Italian pizza for that matter, though I've spent little time in Italy south of Naples). The only difference that I think matters at all is that most American places, even if they're using wood-fired ovens and ingredients as close as possible to Italian ones (though that's a losing battle) still put way more toppings on the pizza, both in quantity per and in number. I've never seen any pizza place in the US where the most complicated pizza has like 2 toppings and I can't remember any place in Italy with pizzas that had more than 2.