It wasn’t that long ago when I first stumbled upon ‘Flourish’ – of course the KAF blog wasn’t named then. Since then I have enjoyed reading so many well-written pieces, which were often accompanied by some awesome photos. Informative, for sure, but just simply good reading, too. But this time, PJ, I think you have topped all the others. I truly appreciate your contribution to the pizza history. Through the lines I can see you had a lot of fun digging up old recipes, and actually recreating those vintage pizzas. I certain have fun reading your saga of retracing pizza in America through past years. Thank you and congratulations - posting like this ensures 'Flourish' itself will be part of America food history. About the ‘vintage’ fillings – well, it seems pizza is tasty no matter what is tossed on top of the dough. My thinking is that pizza in food is quite like jazz in music. The beauty is in improvisation and spontaneity; the sum of all different ingredients combined being much better than the individual ingredients standing alone. Having said that, I think I’ll pass the canned tomato soup though… Pizza is absolutely one of my favorite foods. I can’t wait to see what you are going to tell us about the continuing ‘pizza revolution’!

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