The Wonderful World of Pizza, Thursday, Period 3

[carbsliftthespirit]

Once Raiden's students had gathered at Portalocity this week, he ushered them through said portal onto the streets of Berkeley, California. "All right," he said with an enthusiastic clap. "As pizza continued its journey across the United States, it inevitably reached the west coast, and California-style pizza was born. No one can really agree on the origins of California-style pizza, as it was more or less simultaneously invented by three different restaurants: Ed LeDou's Prego in San Francisco, Wolfgang Puck's Spago in Beverly Hills, and Alice Waters' groundbreaking farm-to-table Chez Panisse--" Raiden held out his hands in a 'ta-da' sort of gesture toward the restaurant they were standing in front of "--right here in the funky college town of Berkeley. Prego doesn't exist any more and Spago only does dinner--and doesn't currently serve pizza. Chez Panisse doesn't serve pizza in the main restaurant, either, but they do have a few on their cafe menu, so that's where we'll be dining today.

"Now, California-style pizza is distinguished by its thin, crispy crust and creative use of ingredients you didn't used to find on pizzas, like goat cheese and chicken. It really helped people to realize the sky is the limit, toppings-wise, and that's why we salute it. You can find California-style pizza all over the country these days, most notably at the chain California Pizza Kitchen, but for now, let's head into the Chez Panisse cafe and have some lunch--uh, don't...don't look at the prices. I'm covering this. And after that you can explore the town of Berkeley!"

Comments

Re: Eat Pizza

[sword_chocobro]

"You know," said Gladio, with a thoughtful sort of tone and that smirk still on his face as he nodded in agreement, "I've said it before, and I'll say ig again, but that kind of thinking is definitely one of the reasons I love you so much. I was also thinking of taking one back for Igs, so I'm putting you in charge of making sure it actually gets to him and not in my stomach. Deal?"

Re: Eat Pizza

[mylandmyrules]

"Well, it only makes sense," Nell said with a smile, touched by his words. "Why not share? Then you get to try more things."

She shook her head. "I'll do my best, but maybe we should get two? In case you get peckish on the way back?" she teased."