Mary LaddDough boy: Twirl master Tony Gemignani.Hey, mambo! World pizza-tossing champion Tony Gemignani rocked the dough in his self-described "truly Italian" fashion at Sunday's North Beach Festival. Beer-swilling fans called out, danced, and jumped up and down as Gemignani performed. His crowd-pleasing tricks? Twirling dough into a shade-providing disc, pinching it into ever-growing size while in midair, then rolling it across his shoulders. The grand finale: catching the dough on his back. A
Tony's Pizza NapoletanaA pizza oven in Naples.The pizza gods were smiling over North Beach this weekend. On Saturday, Bay Area favorite pizza guy Tony Gemignani opened Tony's Pizza Napoletana (1570 Stockton at Union). Die-hard fans know Gemignani and his pie-making skills from his Pyzano's outpost in Castro Valley and frequent media appearances (hello, Food Network!) and public events. Being a nine-time world pizza champ gives the enthusiastic Gemignani true pizza cred: When he puts on a show of
acchen/FlickrAre you serious? Proofing boxes made from American wood?Tuesday, November 10, 2009
To hell with your all-purpose unbleached: Tony Gemignani serves up pies for fetishists. Take the Margherita: that's San Felice flour in the dough, which rises in wood boxes likewise imported from Naples. San Marzano DOP tomatoes, olive oil from Campania -- and Tony's makes only 73 of these babies a day, no matter how hard you beg. Add an antipasto of Italian-style meatballs, and you've got a l
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