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A Philosophy of Pizza Napoletanismo (Part 3: The Mediterranean Phenomenon)
Mediterranean Sea and bordering countries Trade, commerce, and empire-building throughout the history of Western civilization have often facilitated cultural exchange amongst various social groups or...
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A Philosophy of Pizza Napoletanismo (Part 4: Fragments of History of...
In an interview, Sen. Ciro Leone (the proprietor of Trianon da Ciro, a prominent Neapolitan pizzeria in Naples, Italy) stated: “But there is no ‘evolution’ of the pizza. Its tradition remains.” This is...
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A Philosophy of Pizza Napoletanismo (Part 5: Fragments of History of...
In the previous article, we made a brief appreciation of Francesco de Bouchard’s observation in respect to pizzas of Naples from 1847 to 1866. Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), a French novelist who...
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A Philosophy of Pizza Napoletanismo (Part 6: Fragments of History of...
Having so far made brief appreciation of the Neapolitan pizzas of the modern era (i.e., of year 1889 by Raffaele Esposito, of years 1847 to 1866 by Francesco de Bourcard, and of year 1835 by Alexandre...
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A Philosophy of Pizza Napoletanismo (Part 7: Fragments of History of...
This is possibly a Renaissance baker, baking her products in a pan held over open fire. This is probably one way the pre-modern pizzas were baked. (The origin of this image is unknown.) So far, we have...
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A Philosophy of Pizza Napoletanismo (Part 8: The Mask of Naples)
“Vedi Napoli e poi muori!” (See Naples and die!) “Un paradiso abitato da diavoli!” (A paradise inhabited by devils!) —Two popular Neapolitan proverbs Pulcinella Those who visit Naples or spend some...
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A Philosophy of Pizza Napoletanismo (Part 9: Being and Time)
“Celebration . . . is self-restraint, is attentiveness, is questioning, is meditating, is awaiting, is the step over into the more wakeful glimpse of the wonder—the wonder that a world is worlding...
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A Philosophy of Pizza Napoletanismo (Part 10: A Philosophy of Art)
Craft, Art, & Philosophy!Neapolitan Oven at Pizzeria Kesté, New York (Photo: Hannah Whitaker, New York Magazine) So far, we have succinctly and phenomenologically explored the “ontogenic”,...
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A Philosophy of Pizza Napoletanismo (Part 11: Art and Passion)
The Ingredient of “passion” §1. Passion: In Part 1, I stipulated that making traditional Neapolitan pizza as a culinary achievement and art requires “passion”. Further, I set forth, in part 10, that...
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A Philosophy of Pizza Napoletanismo (Part 12: Imagery, Imagination, and The...
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (Library of Congress) Once upon a time, the eminent physicist Sir Isaac Newton wrote, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” This...
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