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It’s Just a Pizza, People


A Few Brooklyn Pizza Joints, Mostly Worth Trying

NYC food circles were recently abuzz with the news that the price of a slice of Di Fara’s pizza had reached $5. That’s more than twice the standard street slice price of $2.25, itself the subject of recent inflation, what with the rising cost of flour and the continued rapaciousness of property managers. Founder and pizza-chef Domenico DeMarco explained it in the New York Times like this: “I use the top ingredients. Other pizzerias, I don’t think they use the top.” Yeah, right. Tell that to Sal and Carmine. Tell that to Anselmo. Tell that to… let me back up a second.

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Adam’s Spending, Week 8: CS-hey!

$180. But I can explain.
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Cari’s spending, Week six: Under budget, with meat and turnips

Behold, the noble turnip!

Behold, the noble turnip!

Billy and his friend Dave spent a good part of the 4th of July digging a tree stump out of our backyard. (Which means MORE GARDEN SPACE! Can you say Onion Bed? Oh yeah, baby. Onion bed. Of the overwintering persuasion, thanks.) Heavy lumberjack work on a 95° F day, when done by omnivores, deserves meat. Particularly when it’s the 4th of July and there’s a grill handy. Even I, the vegetarian, recognize this. The kid and I strollered on over to New Seasons and I bought them not one, but TWO kinds of fancy organic sausage. (Mostly because I didn’t know what to get. I haven’t eaten meat in 20 years. I really shouldn’t be the one sent to the store to buy sausage.) I figured the budget for the week would be shot right there, but getting the stump out of the garden was worth it.

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Adam’s budget, week 2: a few dollars over

lamb patty sandwich with avocado and radish greens

lamb patty sandwich with avocado and radish greens

It was a week of reinventing leftover lamb (rehashed as sandwiches and pasta sauce), a week of takeout coffee, a week of political upheaval in Iran that will rewrite the way we get our news. In a vain attempt to reconcile these extremes, I overspent my budget by several dollars, a figure that would have risen considerably higher, were it not for the timely intervention of a post-wedding party in Harlem on Saturday, and a barbecue in Queens on Sunday. You might say that I lacked focus. If you were talking about my food photography, you’d be right.

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Why $50, or, Pizza Made Custom To Your Order

pizza from anselmo's

pizza from anselmo's

Some have asked, Why $50 a week? Isn’t that kind of a lot for making do with less? Why not $40, or $25? I have two answers.

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