Dear friends, here is an interesting pizza documentary (with some transcribed highlights) below.
Don Luigi Condurro of L'antica Pizzeria da Michele, Naples:
". . . To us the less you put on a pizza, better it will taste. Because to us pizza is made in this way. . . ."
Don Salvatore Grasso of Pizzeria Gorizia, Naples:
"Now
everything is pizza . . . Once we used to work in a utterly different way."
Antonio Pace:
"There are no secrets in making pizza. . . ."
Don Salvatore Grasso of Pizzeria Gorizia, Naples:
"There is only one secret, the makings [
'preparazione']. That is it."
Giuseppe Tutino of Pizzeria Tutino, Naples:
"I can assure you one thing. If you go to USA and you can speak on the subject, you can be able to make pizza like you make it here. No problem. Don't believe when they say the water, the sun . . . it exclusively depends on the pizzamaker
skillfulness."
Enrico Palumbo of Pizzeria Brandi, Naples:
"It takes experience to make a real pizza, being around and working with a lot of people, experiencing various work systems, and learning how to catch all the tips that all the masters put at your disposal."
Salvatore Pizio of Pizzeria Trianon da Ciro, Naples:
"No one teaches you anything, you have to steal. . . ."
Another pizzaiolo of Pizzeria Trianon da Ciro:
"You gotta live it to learn it."
Antonio Donnarumma of Pizzeria Addo' Trammiere:
"This [making pizzas] is neither a job, nor an occupation. . . ."
Gino Sorbillo of Pizzeria Sorbillo, Naples:
"To us pizza is not business, it is a
mission."
