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A pie fresh from the oven at Fratelli's Coal-Burning Pizza in Elmwood Park. (Photo by Marko Georgiev)
Posted: Thursday January 24, 2013, 12:18 PM
HAVE YOU READ?
By Elisa Ung of The Record
In the beginning, pizza was cooked with coal – which early Italian immigrants found a cost-effective way to heat their ovens.
Then came electricity and gas. And what followed was the rise of inexpensive, mass-produced pizzas with softer, doughier crusts, cooked at lower temperatures.
But now, everything old is new again. A new generation of pizza-maker is building coal-fired ovens throughout North Jersey and serving up distinctive creations with charred, stretchy-yet-crisp bottoms.
To find a coal-fired pizza oven near you, click here.
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